[Lazarus] Lazarus fails to find fpcres

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Anybody go a solution for this?

Maybe as an alternative to "auto guessing the location of fpcres", add a
new option in Environment settings like the paths to Compiler and Compiler
Source - adding an option for 'Path to fpcres'?


Do all Linux users (and maybe Windows users too) always specify FPC bin
directory in the PATH environment variable? If so how do you handle working
with multiple FPC versions and Lazarus IDE using the correct version fpcres
tool?

Regards,
  - Graeme -


Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I normally don't add FPC bin directory to my PATH environment variable,
> because I use multiple versions of FPC.
> 
> But around the time FPC 2.4.0 was released, Lazarus IDE cannot find fpcres
> when I rebuild the IDE. So I have to open a command prompt, set the PATH
> environment variable, and then run Lazarus IDE and rebuild it from inside
> the command prompt.
> 
> Why can't Lazarus IDE find the 'fpcres' program in the same directory
> location as the specified ppcXXX FPC compiler?
> 
> Here are the last few lines of build messages when I try and build Lazarus
> IDE from a desktop icon.
> 
> ------------------------------------
> [....snip.....]
> "Compiling package SQLDBLaz 1.0.1" completed
> make: Entering directory `/opt/git/lazarus_argon'
> /usr/bin/make -C ide ide
> make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/git/lazarus_argon/ide'
> ../tools/svn2revisioninc .. revision.inc
> /usr/bin/make --assume-new=lazarus.pp lazarus
> make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/git/lazarus_argon/ide'
> /opt/fpc_2.4.1/x86_64-linux/bin/ppcx64 -gl -dlclgtk2
> -Fu../lcl/units/x86_64-linux -Fu../lcl/units/x86_64-linux/gtk2
> -Fu../components/codetools/units/x86_64-linux
> -Fu../components/synedit/units/x86_64-linux -Fu../components/custom
> -Fu../components/mpaslex -Fu../ideintf/units/x86_64-linux -Fu../designer
> -Fu../debugger -Fu../debugger/frames -Fu../converter -Fu../packager
> -Fu../packager/frames -Fu../packager/units/x86_64-linux
> -Fu../units/x86_64-linux -Fuframes -Fu. -Fiinclude -Fiinclude/linux
> -Fi../images -FE.. -FU../units/x86_64-linux -Cg
> -Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.2.4 -Flinclude
> -Fl/etc/ld.so.conf.d/*.conf @/home/graemeg/.lazarus-stable/idemake.cfg
> -dx86_64 lazarus.pp
> Free Pascal Compiler version 2.4.1 [2010/01/14] for x86_64
> Copyright (c) 1993-2009 by Florian Klaempfl
> Target OS: Linux for x86-64
> Compiling lazarus.pp
> /opt/git/lazarus_argon/ide/lazarus.pp(130,1) Error: resource compiler
> "fpcres" not found, switching to external mode
> /opt/git/lazarus_argon/ide/lazarus.pp(130,1) Fatal: There were 1 errors
> compiling module, stopping
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> 
> The various locations of programs on my system.
> 
> Lazarus
>    /opt/lazarus/
>                 ^--- is a directory symlink from /opt/git/lazarus_argon
> 
>    /opt/fpc_2.4.1/$(TargetCPU)-$(TargetOS)/bin/ppcXXX
>                    ^--  32 & 64 bit directories, and Win32 cross-compiler
>       eg:
>        /opt/fpc_2.4.1/x86_64-linux/bin/*
>        /opt/fpc_2.4.1/i386-linux/bin/*
>        /opt/fpc_2.4.1/i386-win32/bin/*
>        /opt/fpc_2.4.1/cross_i386-win32/bin/*
> 
>    /opt/fpc_2.2.5/$(TargetCPU)-$(TargetOS)/bin/ppcXXX
>                    ^--  32 & 64 bit directories, and Win32 cross-compiler
>                         same layout as FPC 2.4.1 directory.
> 
> Currently my Lazarus IDE is setup to use the following compiler:
>    /opt/fpc_2.4.1/x86_64-linux/bin/ppcx64
> 
> So surely based on that compiler location, the IDE can find 'fpcres' inside
>  /opt/fpc_2.4.1/x86_64-linux/bin/ without the need of the PATH environment
> variable set?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
>   - Graeme -
> 


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  - Graeme -

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