Re: [Lazarus] Tracking software useage

2015-07-24 Thread Richard Mace
Thanks for everyone's reply. Really valuable. Richard On 23 Jul 2015 18:28, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: On 2015-07-23 17:40, waldo kitty wrote: if you really desire this information, make it configurable so that those who don't care can enable it if they like...

Re: [Lazarus] Tracking software useage

2015-07-24 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2015-07-24 11:35, Michael Schnell wrote: Is such not commonly called a virus ? No, a virus normally does harm - call home software is more of a privacy concern. Regards, - Graeme - -- ___ Lazarus mailing list

Re: [Lazarus] Tracking software useage

2015-07-24 Thread Lukasz Sokol
On 24/07/15 11:35, Michael Schnell wrote: On 07/23/2015 07:01 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: I don't like call home software either. Is such not commonly called a virus ? Not really, sometimes it's just your browser http://lwn.net/Articles/651118/ follow to

Re: [Lazarus] Tracking software useage

2015-07-24 Thread Michael Schnell
On 07/23/2015 07:01 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: I don't like call home software either. Is such not commonly called a virus ? -Michael -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Larry Dalton
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/lazarussudo rm -Rf /usr/share/fpcsr sudo rm -f ~/.fpcsudo rm -Rf ~/.lazarus, then downloaded lazarus_1.4.2-0amd64.deb. Then I get

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread brian
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

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread brian
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:10:28 -0500, you wrote: I have tried to remove the default lazarus install with the following commands: As regards your error message, it seems to be complaining about binutils not being installed. Have you tried installing the package? Brian. --

[Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Larry Dalton
I have downloaded fpc_2.6.2_i386.deb. When I try to install it from the command line it says it can't find it. When I try to add it through Synaptic pkg mgr, it is grayed-out and I can't click on it. What am I doing wrong? Sent from my iPhone -- ___

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Tony Whyman
Larry, Your best bet is to find the deb file using the GUI File Manager. Double click on it and when the package installer opens, click on the install button. This should install it and any dependencies. If you must install from the command line, its typically two steps: sudo dpkg -i path

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
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

[Lazarus] Protocol Buffers

2015-07-24 Thread Leonardo M. Ramé
Hi, does anyone know if there's a FreePascal implementation of Protocol Buffers, it seems to fit perfectly in on use case I'm working on: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/ Regards, -- Leonardo M. Ramé Medical IT - Griensu S.A. Av. Colón 636 - Piso 8 Of. A X5000EPT -- Córdoba

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread brian
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 br...@meadows.pair.com wrote: On Fri, 24 Jul 2015

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 2015-07-24 22:10, Larry Dalton wrote: I have tried to remove the default lazarus install with the following commands:| ||sudo||apt-get purge fpc lazarus| Try removing Lazarus first, then FPC. I don't don't know if apt-get is clever enough to figure which one to do first. Lazarus depends on

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Larry Dalton
Using linux mint 17.1 Rebecca Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2015, at 16:26, brian br...@meadows.pair.com 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

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread Larry Dalton
Yes Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2015, at 17:19, brian br...@meadows.pair.com wrote: 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

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread brian
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:23:25 -0500, you wrote: Yes Give installing binutils a try, then, as that's what your previous attempt seemed to be complaining about. If that works, then go through the full cycle again = fpc - fpc-src - lazarus. Brian. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2015, at

Re: [Lazarus] Linux mint install

2015-07-24 Thread brian
On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:48:25 +0100, you wrote: On 2015-07-24 22:10, Larry Dalton wrote: I have tried to remove the default lazarus install with the following commands:| ||sudo||apt-get purge fpc lazarus| Try removing Lazarus first, then FPC. I don't don't know if apt-get is clever enough to

Re: [Lazarus] Tracking software useage

2015-07-24 Thread Den
It's usually implemented as a 'send anonymous statistics' option in most programs. On 2015-07-24 05:41 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-07-24 11:35, Michael Schnell wrote: Is such not commonly called a virus ? No, a virus normally does harm - call home software is more of a privacy