Problem with sourceforge downloding[Solved]
lazarus / 21-General

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Almir.Bispo · 2025-05-04 20:07

When i click in Download link in Lazarus main page,it sends me to
sourceforge page.But i can not download Lazarus installer for Win 32
bits.

(After some time,about 40 minutes,everthing goes ok)

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dsiders · 2025-05-04 20:16

Quote from: Almir.Bispo on May 04, 2025, 10:07:33 pmWhen i click in
Download link in Lazarus main page,it sends me to sourceforge page.But
i can not download Lazarus installer for Win 32 bits.

Which URL / version?

Seems SourceForge has recently decided that they don't like ad
blockers. Is yours enabled?

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Martin_fr · 2025-05-04 20:43

I just went to the Lazarus webpage, and selected Win-32bit.

It took me to https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/Lazarus%2
0Windows%2032%20bits/Lazarus%203.8/lazarus-3.8-fpc-3.2.2-
win32.exe/download

Mind that there is a short wait on sourceforge (5 or 10 seconds).
It probably does need Javascript.

You can also go to https://www.lazarus-
ide.org/index.php?page=downloads
and follow the mirror links to
https://download.lazarus-ide.org/

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TRon · 2025-05-04 22:07

Quote from: Almir.Bispo on May 04, 2025, 10:07:33 pmBut i can not
download Lazarus installer for Win 32 bits.

(After some time,about 40 minutes,everthing goes ok)
No problems whatsoever for me. Mind that it might depend on the region
from which you download.

However, sourceforge can be a bit slow at times although it never took
40 minutes for me. It is either within 5 minutes or not at all
(usually a server error in such case).  SF is also notorious for
pushing a wrong/defect mirror which can be annoying at times.

Quote from: dsiders on May 04, 2025, 10:16:29 pmSeems SourceForge has
recently decided that they don't like ad blockers. Is yours enabled?
No problems using an adblocker at my side.

Quote from: Martin_fr on May 04, 2025, 10:43:56 pmMind that there is a
short wait on sourceforge (5 or 10 seconds).

It probably does need Javascript.
Not exactly a requirement but a download is 'prepared' (attempting to
push ads to browser, selecting a mirror and preparing to retrieve the
actual file to be pushed).

In general: If all else fails doing things the traditional way then
try something like curl, wget or whatever suitable tool. At least such
tools are far more informative (or can be persuaded to do so) about
what is actually happening behind the scenes.