On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:47:08 +0200
"Graeme Geldenhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/11/06, Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>>>>> I downloaded and installed the .deb (on top of 0.9.18) - but
> > >>>>>> is still says 0.9.18 in the caption and about?
> > >>> Did you install packages in 0.9.18 ? And do you start lazarus
> > >>> using startlazarus ?
> > >>>
> > >>> if so, remove ~/.lazarus/bin/lazarus
> > >> Ahhhh - that did it. Thanks a lot.
> > >
> > > Thanks Marc.
> > > Vincent, maybe startlazarus should check for the FileAge of the
> > > lazarus executable and warn the user that the custom built
> > > lazarus is older than the regular one (plus the hint, what file
> > > to remove)?
> > >
> >
> > Good idea.
> >
> > Vincent
>
> Yes, a very good idea! I got caught by that same problem a few days
> ago on a new install. Rebuilt Lazarus and when it restarted, couldn't
> figure out why the changes where not there! In the end I created a
> symlink from /opt/lazarus/lazarus to ~/.lazarus/lazarus
>
> Can you user select where the compiled units and lazarus executable
> gets placed? I would prefer /opt/lazarus/ directory.
/opt/lazarus is normally not writable for normal users.
The IDE puts every global new file in the primary config path. By
default this is ~/.lazarus. But you change it with a command line
parameter.
If you want a custom install, use 'make install'.
The binary packages will try to follow the standards.
Mattias
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