[SOLVED] Lazarus does not work at all on Ubuntu 11.10
lazarus / 1-Linux

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HappyLarry · 2012-02-20 22:48

Lazarus from the ubuntu 11.10 repository doesn't work. I have exactly
the same problem as ryan26 in this post from October.
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,15005.0.html.
I have already tried the solution suggested in the last but one post -
but it makes no difference.

It is a total show-stopper.
Is this a bug?

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HappyLarry · 2012-02-22 17:43

This may be a solution

Reconfigure Lazarus as sudo
Open a terminal and start Lazarus as sudo with

 gksudo StartLazarus

Give your sudo password
In Lazarus choose the menu option
 Environment/Rescan FPC source directory
Then , still as sudo - In Lazarus choose the menu option
 Tools/BuildLazarus with profile:Build all

After it, the problem above disappears and I can at least create a
ButtonClick event handler.

Until the next problem ....

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BigChimp · 2012-02-22 18:22

+100 for perseverance and thanks for keeping us updated!

gl,
bigchimp

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HappyLarry · 2012-02-22 18:36

Thanks
You actually suggested this previously when I was on Ubuntu 10.04
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,14672.msg77961.html#
msg77961

I have created a wiki article on my adventures
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Install_on_Ubuntu

Cracking read.

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BigChimp · 2012-02-22 20:09

Wiki article is a cracking read indeed - in that it might save a lot
of others a lot of bother....

And seems earlier me was also very kind in posting that solution...
forgot all about it

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mdalacu · 2012-02-23 12:16

Everything works just fine in 12.04 and you don't need to uninstall
anything. The version is 0.9.30.2-2 and fpc 2.4.4, build date is 15
Feb 2012.
You install it from Software Center and all you need to do from
terminal is "sudo apt-get install fpc-source fpc-source-2.4.4".