Location of Compiler on Ubuntu
lazarus / 1-Linux

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cov · 2014-11-21 13:45

I tried to run Lazarus for the first time in a long time and the IDE
couldn't find the fcp compiler.

Code: [Select]dave@Threepwood:~$ ls /usr/bin/fp
fp-2.6.0            fpcmake-2.6.0       fpdoc-2.6.2
fp-2.6.2            fpcmake-2.6.2       fppkg
fpc-2.6.2           fpcmkcfg-2.6.2      fppkg-2.6.0
fpc-depends         fpcres-2.6.2        fppkg-2.6.2
fpc-depends-2.6.2   fpcsubst            fprcp
fpclasschart        fpcsubst-2.6.0      fprcp-2.6.0
fpclasschart-2.6.0  fpcsubst-2.6.2      fprcp-2.6.2
fpclasschart-2.6.2  fpdoc              
fpcmake             fpdoc-2.6.0        

I'm not sure which one to use.

I'm getting an error message that says:QuoteCompiler
"/usr/bin/fpc-2.6.2" does not support target x86_64-linux

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Leledumbo · 2014-11-22 13:56

Looks like Ubuntu does a mess with its fpc package. The real compiler
is ppc[ross]XXX where XXX being the target architecture and ross infix
being an indicator of a cross compiler, fpc itself is just a "driver"
that selects the correct ppc[ross]XXX based on -P parameter (defaults
to architecture where fpc itself is compiled for). It should be a
symlink in the /usr/bin to the same ppc[ross]XXX binary in fpc
directory, which normally installs as /usr/lib/fpc/$fpcversion. Please
check that. Check also your fpc.cfg to ensure the paths are valid.

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cov · 2014-11-24 09:54

My installation seems to be full of broken links.

I have a lnked file in /usr/bin/ppcx64 -> /etc/alternatives/ppcx64, 
/etc/alternatives/ppcx64 -> /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/ppcx64,  but
/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/ppcx64 doesn't exist.

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marcov · 2014-11-24 10:04

Maybe you installed the 32-bit instead of the 64-bit version?

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Leledumbo · 2014-11-24 10:47

Quote from: cov on November 24, 2014, 10:54:17 amMy installation seems
to be full of broken links.

I have a lnked file in /usr/bin/ppcx64 -> /etc/alternatives/ppcx64, 
/etc/alternatives/ppcx64 -> /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/ppcx64,  but
/usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/ppcx64 doesn't exist.



Using your current package manager (probably synaptics), you should be
able to list installed files from a package. In ubuntu, the compiler
package is fp-compiler if I'm not mistaken. If it's installed but the
file is missing, try reinstalling. Ohterwise, you can use distro
neutral version here.

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cov · 2014-11-25 14:39

Synaptic tells me that the compiler is here: /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/ppcx64

which it's not:
~$ ls -l /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.2/
total 24
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   71 Aug 19 15:50 fpc-cross.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Aug 19 15:03 ide
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 15:50 lexyacc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 15:04 msg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2785 Jan 22  2014 samplecfg
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Mar 20  2014 units

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marcov · 2014-11-25 14:47

Remove and reinstall. If then still missing, I think it is time for a
bugreport to the Linux distribution's bug tracker.