Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
On 2015-09-17 at 23:42, Xiangrong Fang wrote:
I need to compile lazarus from source (as the
official deb package depends on fpc 2.6.4, while the mint system only
provide 2.6.2).
The joys of package management and its dependency hell! To solve the
problem forever, simply install FPC from the official FPC installer
(no root access is required either). Download it from the SourceForge
page. This has worked for me on Windows, Linux and FreeBSD for the last
5 years without error.
I agree, and the installation bundle includes a script which puts things
in a suitable place and generates an fpc.cfg which is almost always OK.
I can't speak for Mint but 2.6.4- as available at Sourceforge etc.- is
fine on any half-recent Debian (definitely "Lenny" onwards), and once
that's running you can compile later versions (e.g. the development
trunk) or if you really have to older ones.
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Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk
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