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Extending the IDE (Overview)
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============================
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The online pages are more uptodate and have more examples:
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http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE
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The IDE supports several types of plugins:
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Components
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FAQ - Frequently Asked Question
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===============================
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This is a summary of the FAQ at www.freepascal.org. See there for a complete
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and uptodate list.
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1. General
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++++++++++
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Do I need ppc386.cfg or fpc.cfg?
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You only need fpc.cfg. This way the compiler knows where to find the libraries.
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How do I compile lazarus?
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Do something like this:
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$ cd lazarus
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$ make
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How do I build other projects based upon the LCL
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Add the following lines to the end of your fpc.cfg
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# Add Lazarus libs
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-Fu/your.lazarus.root/lcl/units
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-Fu/your.lazarus.root/lcl/units/{YourToolKit}
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-Fu/your.lazarus.root/components/units
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-Fu/your.lazarus.root/components/units/{YourToolKit}
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where {YourToolKit} may be gtk, gnome or win32 and run:
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ppc386 your.project.pp
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What version of FPC is required?
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Currently you need to use 1.0.10 of the FPC compiler. You can find the URL in
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the downloads section of this site.
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I can't compile Lazarus
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1. Check if the compiler has the correct version
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2. Check if the (fpc)libraries are from the same version.
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3. Check if you have a fpc.cfg and no old ppc386.cfg
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4. Check also the OS-dependent FAQs
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When I try to compile delphi projects under lazarus, I have an error at the
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line:
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{$R *.DFM}
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How can I solve this problem ?
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Lazarus (or better Linux) doesn't know about resources, so you can't use them
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in the way Delphi/win32 does. However Lazarus uses a method pretty compatible
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with this.
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You can still use your Delphi layouts if you use the following steps:
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1. You need a textual version of all form files (dfm)
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D4: created by copy/paste from ALT-F12
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D5: Native
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2. Create a file with lazres (in lazarus/tools)
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lazres yourform.lrs yourform.dfm
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3. Add the following initialization section to every unit with a form:
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initialization
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{$I yourform.lrs}
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Please keep in mind that not all properties in the dfm are supported yet by
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lazarus, so you might get a crash.
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when accessing events of objects e.g. the onclick event of a button I get the
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following error. ERROR unit not found: stdCtrls
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Either your "Other sources" path or your FPC source path is not sufficient.
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Lazarus is the IDE and the visual components library LCL.
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All other stuff, like IO, Database, FCL and RTL are provided by FPC.
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The IDE needs the paths to all sources.
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The path to the lazarus sources is normally automatically set. Check
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Run->Compiler Options->Search Paths->Other Sources
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for
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$(LazarusDir)/lcl;$(LazarusDir)/lcl/interfaces/$(LCLWidgetType)
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The FPC source path can be set via:
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Environment -> General Options -> Files -> FPC source path
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================================================================================
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1. Linux
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++++++++
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I have SuSE and I get
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/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgtk
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Error: Error while linking
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SuSE installs the gtk devel libs under /opt/gnome/lib, which is not in
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the standard lib path. Simply add it to your /etc/fpc.cfg.
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(-Fl/opt/gnome/lib).
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How can I debug lazarus and lcl on Linux?
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First of all you need a debugger. gdb is the standard debugger under linux and
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there are several GUI-frontends available. One common frontend is ddd, which is
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part of most common distributions. To compile lazarus/lcl with debug-information
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you should then use the following commands to start a debug session:
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$ make clean; make OPT=-dDEBUG
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$ ddd lazarus
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Be warned however, that ddd is not as comfortable as e.g. the Delphi debugger.
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Specially if it comes to view the contents of a variable you have to take into
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account that ddd/gdb are case sensitive whereas Pascal is case-insensitive.
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Therefore you have to type all variable names in uppercase to see their
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contents. For more information take a look into the fpc-manuals.
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I can debug now but ddd does not find my sources or complains that they contain
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no code. Whats that?
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This is a path-related problem with either gdb or ddd. You can aviod this by
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* Use the "Change directory" command from the ddd menu and choose the
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directory where the sources are located. The drawback of this method is
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that you now can't use the source of the program you started
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with (e.g. lazarus). Thus it may be neccessary to change the directory
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multiple times.
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* In ddd goto [Edit] [gdb-settings] and set the search-path
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*
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Create a $(HOME)/.gdbinit file like:
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directory /your/path/to/lazarus
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directory /your/path/to/lazarus/lcl
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directory /your/path/to/lazarus/lcl/include
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I receive an error during the linking that states /usr/bin/ld can't
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find -l<some lib>
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All though you have installed the package <packagename> which provides
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<some lib>, you also need the development package, normally called
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<packagename>-dev
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How can I convert a kylix 2 project into a lazarus project?
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Nearly the same way as converting a Kylix project into a Delphi/VCL project.
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The LCL (Lazarus Component Library) tries to be compatible to Delphis VCL.
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Kylix CLX tries to be QT compatible.
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Here are some general hints:
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* rename all used CLX Q-units like QForms, QControls, QGraphics, ... into
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their VCL counterparts: Forms, Controls, Graphics, ...
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* Add LResources to the uses section of every form source
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* rename or copy all .xfm files to .lfm files.
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* remove {$R *.xfm} directive
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* add an initialization section to each form source and add an include
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directive for the .lrs file (lazarus resource file):
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initialization
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{$I unit1.lrs}
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The .lrs files can be created via the lazres tool in
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(lazarusdir)/tools/lazres.
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For example: ./lazres unit1.lrs unit1.lfm
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* Fix the differences. The LCL does not yet support every property of the
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VCL and the CLX is not fully VCL compatible.
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When compiling lazarus the compiler can not find a unit. e.g.: gtkint.pp(17,16)
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Fatal: Can't find unit GLIB
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1. Check a clean rebuild: do a 'make clean all'
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2. Check if the compiler has the correct version (1.0.10 or 1.1)
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3. Check if the compiler is using the right config file. The normal
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installation creates /etc/fpc.cfg. But fpc also searches for
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~/.ppc386.cfg, ~/.fpc.cfg, /etc/ppc386.cfg and it uses only the first
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it finds.
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Hint: You can see which config file is used with 'ppc386 -vt bogus'
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4. Check if the config file (/etc/fpc.cfg) contains the right paths to your
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fpc libs. There must be three lines like this:
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-Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$version/units/$target
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-Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$version/units/$target/*
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-Fu/usr/lib/fpc/$version/units/$target/rtl
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The first part of these paths (/usr/lib/fpc) depends on your system. On
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some systems this can be for example /usr/local/lib/fpc/... .
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Hint: You can see your searchpaths with 'ppc386 -vt bogus'
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5. Check that the config file (/etc/fpc.cfg) does not contain search paths
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to the lcl source files (.pp, .pas):
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forbidden: -Fu(lazarus_source_directory)/lcl
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forbidden: -Fu(lazarus_source_directory)/lcl/interfaces/gtk
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If you want to add the lcl for all your fpc projects, make sure that
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the two paths look like the following and are placed after the above
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fpc lib paths:
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-Fu(lazarus_source_directory)/lcl/units
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-Fu(lazarus_source_directory)/lcl/units/gtk
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6. Check if the missing unit (glib.ppu) exists in your fpc lib directory.
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For example the gtk.ppu can be found in
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/usr/lib/fpc/$version/units/linux/gtk/.
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If it does not exists, the fpc lib is corrupt and should be reinstalled.
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7. Check if the sources are in a NFS mounted directory. In some cases the
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NFS updates created files incorrectly. Plz try move the sources into a
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non NFS directory and compile there.
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I have installed the binary version, but when compiling a simple project,
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lazarus gives: Fatal: Can't find unit CONTROLS
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Probably you are using a newer fpc package, than that used for building the
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lazarus binaries. The best solution is to download the sources and compile
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lazarus manually. You can download the source snapshot or get the source
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via svn:
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$ svn checkout http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus
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$ cd lazarus
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$ make
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Make sure that lazarus get the new source directory:
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Environment->General Options->Files->Lazarus Directory
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Top
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Lazarus compiles, but linking fails with: libgdk-pixbuf not found
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Either install the gdk-pixbuf library for gtk1.x or disable the use:
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Where to find the gdk-pixbuf library:
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RPMs:
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http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gdk-pixbuf&submit=Search+...&system=&arch=
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Debian packages:
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libgdk-pixbuf-dev
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Sources:
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ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/unstable/sources/gdk-pixbuf/
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3. Windows
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When I cycle the compiler, I get:
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The name specified is not recognized as an internal or external command,
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operable program or batch file.>& was unexpected at this time.
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In the compiler dir exists an OS2 scriptfile named make.cmd. NT sees this also
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as a script file, so remove it since on NT we don't need it.
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When I cycle the compiler, I get:
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make[3]: ./ppc1.exe: Command not found
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I don't know why but somehow make has lost its path. Try to cycle with a
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basedir set like:
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make cycle BASEDIR=your_fpc_source_dir_herecompiler
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When I try to make Lazarus I get:
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make.exe: *** interfaces: No such file or directory (ENOENT).
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Stop.make.exe: *** [interfaces_all] Error 2
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You need to upgrade your make.
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When I try to login at SVN I get:
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SVN.EXE [login aborted]: could not find out home directory
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On a windows platform the HOME environment variable is required to store
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your (SVN) username and password. From the command prompt issue:
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SET HOME=C:MyHome
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or
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SET HOME=C:WINDOWS
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or
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SET HOME=C:WINDOWSProfilesYourLoginName
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or
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any other place you like
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This text is for people knowing Delphi and it describes the differences
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This text is for people knowing Delphi and it describes the differences.
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The online document is more uptodate:
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http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Documentation#Coming_from_Delphi
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Delphi -> Lazarus
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