On Thu, 6 May 2021 14:04:07 +0200 (CEST), Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>On Thu, 6 May 2021, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote: > >>> I highly recommend Synapse over Indy. >>> >> >> I had great troubles a year or so ago when I tried using some serial packages >> based on synapse because they brought in GUI stuff that made it impossible to >> compile a simple program aimed at running as a service on a server style >> linux >> box... > >Yes, because you were using the wrong package. > >If you use the correct package (laz_synapse.lpk), there will be no issue. > >See e.g. here: > >https://sourceforge.net/p/synalist/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/ > >But you can install it using the Online package manager. > >In the online package manager, DO NOT use the pl_synapsevs package. > >You myst use the laz_synapse (Synapse 40.1) package. >It does not have GUI dependencies. > >I use it myself in a headless FPC-created server running on linux, since many >many >years, and use it in a Delphi-created server also running on linux, so I'm very >confident it works as described :-) > >Michael. Thanks, I will have a look! -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
