On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:12:06 -0500, you wrote: >Using linux mint 17.1 Rebecca >
OK, scratch the comment about LMDE (I assume what you're using is the Ubuntu-based version?). Brian. >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 24, 2015, at 16:26, brian <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:10:28 -0500, you wrote: >> >> Larry, >> >> Are you by any chance using the Debian version of Mint? It's a few >> versions ago, but I had all kinds of weird problems with >> Lazarus/FPC/LMDE, and after a few iterations with the LMDE users, I >> switched to plain old Debian, and things have worked just fine since >> then. >> >> If you're using the Ubuntu-based Mint, then forget all the above, that >> used to work OK. >> >> Brian. >> >> >>> I have tried to remove the default lazarus install with the following >>> commands: sudo apt-get purge fpc lazarus >>> sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/fpc sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/lazarus sudo rm -Rf >>> /usr/share/fpcsr sudo rm -f ~/.fpcsudo rm -Rf ~/.lazarus, then downloaded >>> lazarus_1.4.2-0amd64.deb. Then I get the following output: >>> dpkg: regarding fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb containing fpc, pre-dependency >>> problem: fpc pre-depends on binutils dpkg: error processing archive >>> fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb (--install): pre-dependency problem - not installing >>> fpc (Reading database ... 220087 files and directories currently >>> installed.) Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ... >>> Unpacking google-chrome-stable (43.0.2357.134-1) over (43.0.2357.134-1) ... >>> Selecting previously unselected package lazarus. Preparing to unpack >>> lazarus_1.4.2-0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking lazarus (1.4.2) ... Setting up >>> google-chrome-stable (43.0.2357.134-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems >>> prevent configuration of lazarus: lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | >>> fp-compiler (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Version of >>> fp-compiler on system is 2.6.2-8. lazarus depends on fpc-src (>= 2.6.4) | >>> fpc-source (>= 2.6.4); however: Version of fpc-source on system is 2.6.2-8. >>> lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | fp-ide (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc >>> is not installed. Package fp-ide is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc >>> (>= 2.6.4) | fp-units-base (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not >>> installed. Package fp-units-base is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc >>> (>= 2.6.4) | fp-units-db (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. >>> Package fp-units-db is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | >>> fp-units-fcl (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Package >>> fp-units-fcl is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | >>> fp-units-fv (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Package >>> fp-units-fv is not instal dpkg: error processing package lazarus >>> (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers >>> for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for >>> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db >>> (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info >>> (1.2-0ubuntu3) ... Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type >>> in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media >>> type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media >>> type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media >>> type in type 'uri/rtspu' Errors were encountered while processing: >>> fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb lazarus >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>> On 2015-07-24 17:45, Larry Dalton wrote: >>>>> What am I doing wrong? >>>> >>>> No idea, but may I suggest you rather download the *.tar file instead. >>>> It is a console based installer created by the FPC team. I've used it >>>> for years on Linux and FreeBSD, and never had any problems. I can also >>>> install it to any directory (I normally choose $HOME/devel/fpc/), >>>> instead if /usr/bin/ or /usr/local/bin/. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> - Graeme - >>>> >>>> -- >>>> fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal >>>> http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Lazarus mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Lazarus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
