lazarus/debian

lazarus for Debian
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The main binary was renamed to ``lazarus-ide'' because the ``tct'' package
already comes with an utility called ``lazarus''.

Note that when you first run Lazarus, you will be presented with the
following notice:

"Free Pascal Sources not found

 The Free Pascal source directory was not found.
 Some code functions will not work.
 It is recommended that you install it and set the path
 Environment -> Environment Options -> Files"

"Lazarus directory not found
 
 The current Lazarus directory "/usr/bin"
 does not look correct.
 Without it You will not be able to create LCL applications.
 Check Environment -> Environment Options -> Files"

The latter warning is a bug in the current version of Lazarus which is
being worked on.  For the time being, please go to Environment ->
Environment Options -> Files and configure it so that "Lazarus directory
(default for all projects)" points to "/usr/lib/lazarus/" instead of
"/usr/bin/".

If you find that you need the missing functions as in the former warning,
please make sure you have a deb-src entry in your /etc/apt/sources.list, e.g.

  deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

And then retrieve the source for the package with

  apt-get source lazarus

Afterwards, follow the same procedure as above, filling the directory where
you have put the sources on the "FPC source directory" option.

 -- Carlos Laviola <claviola@debian.org>, Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:52:08 -0300