[SOLVED] Error while linking on Linux Mint 18.2 with fpcupdeluxe, 1.8
RC5, BGRA
lazarus / 1-Linux

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tudi_x · 2017-10-12 16:29

hi All,
i am having an error while linking on Linux Mint 18.2 64b (on Proxmox)
as per below flow:

1. sudo aptitude install make binutils build-essential gdb subversion
zip unzip libx11-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libcairo2-dev
libpango1.0-dev
2. run fpcupdeluxe-x86_64-linux
3. select FPC version 3.0.4 and Lazarus 1.8 fixes
4. fpcupdeluxe finishes with no issues
5. i install fat synapse - rebuild of Lazarus 1.8 RC5 works
6. from online package manager i select BGRABitmap and Controls
7. it compiles but i have error: lazarus.pp(161,1) Error: Error while
linking.

please advise.
thank you

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tudi_x · 2017-10-13 16:51

looks like i was missing the below:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libxtst-dev
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev

after the below the linking error does not appear.

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balazsszekely · 2017-10-13 17:15

@tudi_x
You got a big like from me! I rarely use linux, but this particular
issue has come up too many times before, without actually someone give
a real solution. It was known that BGRAControls trigger the linking
issue, but the solution eluded many Lazarus user. Please make a wiki
entry(this is a must), otherwise we risk to make the same mistake
again.

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tudi_x · 2017-10-15 12:53

wiki page was created at
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/BGRA_Installation_on_Linux.

it has link from Linux word in
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/BGRAControls#Install install
section.
maybe somebody can review it as it is my first wiki.
thank you

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balazsszekely · 2017-10-15 13:21

Quotewiki page was created at
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Linux.It looks good. Thank you.