[Lazarus] Dual installation of FPC

[Thierry B.]

Le 23/10/2010 10:22, patspiper a écrit :

>>>      
>> Uhm, I should have not used "a root directory" but "a base directory in
>> you home folder" instead. No need to run Lazarus as root.
>>
>>    
> And I did not check out the directories you mentioned thoroughly, as
> they indeed are in /home. So what you are saying is correct. However if
> you install FPC official release through Debian packages, you're pretty
> much stuck with an FPC installation in the root folder (which needs root
> privileges to be rebuilt).
> 

Correct, but after some times you are comfortable with compiling
multiple versions
from sources/subversion and you can get rid off of your linux
distribution Lazarus package,
so this not a problem anymore.


The oldest source I use is the "fixes" branche for the latest release
(0.9.28).

Thierry B.