slackware and deb and rpm not working to get Lazarus 1.8 installed
lazarus / 1-Linux

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userx-bw · 2017-12-11 14:32

Code: [Select]userx@slackwhere:~/Downloads
$ rpm2tgz lazarus-1.8.0-0.x86_64.rpm
ERROR:  rpm2cpio failed.  (maybe lazarus-1.8.0-0.x86_64.rpm is not an
RPM?)
userx@slackwhere:~/Downloads
$ deb2tgz fpc-src_3.0.4-1_amd64.deb
mv: cannot stat 'data.tar.gz': No such file or directory
ERROR:  ar failed. (maybe fpc-src_3.0.4-1_amd64.deb is not an DEB?)
so makes me wonder what differences are now being made to deb and
rpm's that the program to convert them to tgz is not working on them?

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JuhaManninen · 2017-12-11 15:12

Forget the DEB and RPM packages. They seem to cause trouble even is
systems which claim to support them. I bet they cause more trouble in
Slackware.
Just install FPC using the package + install script provided by FPC
project. It works in any Unix related system.
Then get Lazarus 1.8 from SVN fixes branch and build it. As an extra
bonus you get the latest bug fixes always with "svn up".
In your home dir or in any writable place:
$ svn co https://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/branches/fixes_1_8
lazarus_1_8
$ cd lazarus_1_8
$ make
$ ./lazarus

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BeanzMaster · 2017-12-11 20:58

Hello it seems with Linux Lazarus installation have some problems it's
the same on Mageia 64 bits (RPM) and  Mint 64 bits (DEB)

Message translated from
https://www.developpez.net/forums/d1786555/autres-
langages/pascal/lazarus/l-edi-lazarus-1-8-disponible-retard-fort-
serieuses-ameliorations/#post9840211

Quote I can not run this version 1.8 on Linux, and I have the same
problem with Mageia 64 bit (installed with RPM packages) and with Mint
64 bit (DEB packages): link editing is not possible ( I checked the
platform options, etc.).

If I install FPC 3.0.4 alone, downloaded on freepascal.org, compiling
and linking is done worry free.
If I add the downloaded Lazarus 1.8.0 package to SourceForge, then the
expected version of FPC is not the right one (it wants 3.0.4 release
1). OK, let's give him the right version. I uninstall version 3.0.4.

I'm now installing version 3.0.4.1 alone, available with Lazarus 1.8:
link editing does not work - with a very terse error message 'Error
while linking'. Lazarus installs without problems later, but hey
without being able to edit the links, I'm stuck.