On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 22:19:03 +0100, Malcolm Poole <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 01/10/10 19:53, Bo Berglund wrote: >> The problem is that I have no clue as to *where* Lazarus is installed. I >> used the Synaptic Package Manager and let it find and install Lazarus for >> me (on Ubuntu 10.04-2). I was not asked where it should go, it just >> installed.... >> And being a Linux newbie (I installed this Ubuntu machine last Sunday) I >> don't know where programs go in the confusing file system. >> Probably a silly and stupid question, but how can I find the install >> directory of any program in Linux? >> >> >Reopen the Synaptic package manager and highlight Lazarus. Then click on >"Properties" and you will find a list of the files that were installed >and their location. > >If only you could do that with a Windows installation file ;-) > I found lazarus in this location: /usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2 I have downloaded the component zip file into my Downloads directory. Then I have extracted the contents, which created a new directory: Downloads/Sdpo But when I try to do as directed (move Sdpo folder into lazarus components folder) I get a "permission denied" error. :-( Why is that? And how do you go about installing the components if you are not allowed to put the files where they belong??? -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
