Mattias Gaertner schrieb: >> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/Getting_Lazarus > > This page should be renamed to something like how to get the > development sources of lazarus. And the other hints should be moved to > the installation page: > http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus > > There the compilation of the IDE is described.
Thanks, this page seems to match my needs better :-) In detail the USB drive instructions look very interesting, for having Lazarus installed in both the release and trunk versions. Nonetheless I wonder: - When I want to have multiple Lazarus installations on the same machine, why can't that be done from an existing Lazarus installation? Lazarus already can rebuild itself, to include required packages. What would be required to use that existing feature to rebuild Lazarus after changes to the Lazarus source code? [I already have 2 Lazarus icons on my desktop, one for the "naked" (distributed) version, and one for the rebuilt one.] - Similar for applications, developed with fpc/Lazarus. When I e.g. work on PasDoc, I want to have both the "official" and trunk/branch versions available, for reference purposes. I'm absolutely lost (on Linux), how the test suites find their corresponding program file. - Why is a Lazarus installation so different from the installation of Windows applications, conforming to the Windows guidelines? The proper use of the defined application and user directories would allow for multiple (common or user-specific) installations, and more. Please note that I understand the advantages of an installation that bypasses common Windows policies, but many users would be happy with a "standard" installation, as appropriate for every OS (not only for Windows). - I'm missing a GUI tool for managing the Lazarus installation(s). The intended audience certainly are GUI people, not command line freaks! I understand that such a tool must be platform specific, to some degree, but it might be easier to provide such tools, instead of writing detailed command line procedures for the different platforms. If somebodey can provide a platform independent skeleton for such a tool, I'm willing to add the Windows specific part to it. DoDi _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
