[Lazarus] ERROR compiling Lazarus for first time on Windows 7 Ultimate OS. Fatal: Can't find unit system used by AllLCLUnits

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On 01/25/2011 11:59 PM, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:00:22 +1100
> Peter Williams<pewilliams2010 at live.com>  wrote:
>
>> [...]On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Peter Eric Williams
<piffle.the.cat at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > Hi pascal list,
> >
> > Please excuse me asking such a basic question, but I'm new to this list.
> >
> > I require the basic instructions for quick start with subversion for all of
> > the free pascal compiler using subversion.
> >
> > I am using Windows 7 Ultimate and I am new to Free Pascal and Lazarus.
> >
> > I have previously used Linux Ubuntu and Mint 10 with stable version of free
> > Pascal and Lazarus.
> >
> > I am not wanting to use a pirate copy of Delphi XE and I am a supporter of
> > free pascal and the GNU GPL 3 license.
> >
> > I have been reading the Development Tutorial (a.k.a Build FAQ)
> >
> > Copy and paste follows from the Dev. Tut. pdf file, section 1.3.3 (with my
> > comments //). Please note the crap characters when I copy and pasted it.
> >
> > 1.3.3 Downloading source via SVN
> > „To c™he™k out a— module use the follow line:
> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/<module>/trunk <module>
> > #
> > # Examples:
> > #
> > # FPC
> > # svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk fpc
> > #
> > # fpcdocs
> > #
> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcdocs/trunk fpcdocs
> > #
> > # fpcprojects (has no branches, maybe you don't need /trunk at the end)
> > #
> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcprojects/trunk fpcprojects
> > #
> > # lazarus
> > #
> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus
> > „
> > o ™he™k out — ˜r—n™hD repl—™e  trunk  in the —˜ove lines with the
> > ˜r—n™hesG`˜r—n™h n—mebF iFgF to ™he™k out the ˜r—n™h
> > (xes•P•RX
> >
> > // to check out a branch replace trunk in the above lines with
> > branches/<branch name> E.g. To checkout the branches_2.4
> >
> >
> > 5
> > \href{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v24/source/fpc.zip}{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v24/source/fpc.zip
> > 6
> > \href{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v25/source/fpc.zip}{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v25/source/fpc.zip
> > development series)}
> > (2.2.x)}
> > (2.5.x
> > CHAPTER 1.
> > BASE PRINCIPLES, NAMING, VERSIONS, REQUIREMENTS ETC
> > IQ
> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/branches/fixes_2_4 fpc-2.4.x
> > ƒpe™i(™ rele—ses —re t—gged with — t—g th—t is form—ted like ‚ivieƒi•P•R•H D
> > —nd ™—n ˜e ™he™ked out like thisX
> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/tags/RELEASE_2_4_0 fpc-2.4.0
I had some problems when I tried install FPC and Lazarus on WinXP.
So, after I made this tutorial:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Compiling.2Finstalling_FPC_and_Lazarus_from_Sources_of_SVN_.28Win32.29

...any installation on Windows I always use it.

Marcos Douglas
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>>>> Fatal: Can't find unit system used by AllLCLUnits
>> [...]
>>> How did you install fpc 2.5.1?
>
> Well?
>

I followed the instructions here:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Compiling.2Finstalling_FPC_and_Lazarus_from_Sources_of_SVN_.28Win32.29
 >
 > ...any installation on Windows I always use it.
 >
 > Marcos Douglas


Message from Free Pascal discussion list.
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Peter Eric Williams
> <piffle.the.cat at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> > Hi pascal list,
>> >
>> > Please excuse me asking such a basic question, but I'm new to this list.
>> >
>> > I require the basic instructions for quick start with subversion for all of
>> > the free pascal compiler using subversion.
>> >
>> > I am using Windows 7 Ultimate and I am new to Free Pascal and Lazarus.
>> >
>> > I have previously used Linux Ubuntu and Mint 10 with stable version of free
>> > Pascal and Lazarus.
>> >
>> > I am not wanting to use a pirate copy of Delphi XE and I am a supporter of
>> > free pascal and the GNU GPL 3 license.
>> >
>> > I have been reading the Development Tutorial (a.k.a Build FAQ)
>> >
>> > Copy and paste follows from the Dev. Tut. pdf file, section 1.3.3 (with my
>> > comments //). Please note the crap characters when I copy and pasted it.
>> >
>> > 1.3.3 Downloading source via SVN
>> > „To c™he™k out a— module use the follow line:
>> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/<module>/trunk <module>
>> > #
>> > # Examples:
>> > #
>> > # FPC
>> > # svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk fpc
>> > #
>> > # fpcdocs
>> > #
>> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcdocs/trunk fpcdocs
>> > #
>> > # fpcprojects (has no branches, maybe you don't need /trunk at the end)
>> > #
>> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpcprojects/trunk fpcprojects
>> > #
>> > # lazarus
>> > #
>> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus
>> > „
>> > o ™he™k out — ˜r—n™hD repl—™e  trunk  in the —˜ove lines with the
>> > ˜r—n™hesG`˜r—n™h n—mebF iFgF to ™he™k out the ˜r—n™h
>> > (xes•P•RX
>> >
>> > // to check out a branch replace trunk in the above lines with
>> > branches/<branch name> E.g. To checkout the branches_2.4
>> >
>> >
>> > 5
>> > \href{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v24/source/fpc.zip}{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v24/source/fpc.zip
>> > 6
>> > \href{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v25/source/fpc.zip}{ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/snapshot/v25/source/fpc.zip
>> > development series)}
>> > (2.2.x)}
>> > (2.5.x
>> > CHAPTER 1.
>> > BASE PRINCIPLES, NAMING, VERSIONS, REQUIREMENTS ETC
>> > IQ
>> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/branches/fixes_2_4 fpc-2.4.x
>> > ƒpe™i(™ rele—ses —re t—gged with — t—g th—t is form—ted like ‚ivieƒi•P•R•H D
>> > —nd ™—n ˜e ™he™ked out like thisX
>> > svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/tags/RELEASE_2_4_0 fpc-2.4.0
> I had some problems when I tried install FPC and Lazarus on WinXP.
> So, after I made this tutorial:
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Compiling.2Finstalling_FPC_and_Lazarus_from_Sources_of_SVN_.28Win32.29
>
> ...any installation on Windows I always use it.
>
> Marcos Douglas
> _______________________________________________
> fpc-pascal maillist  -  fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org
> http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
>



>
>>> Use
>>> make clean all OPT="-glw2 -vut"
>>>
>>> and find out what fpc.cfg is used. Then see if the unit search paths
>>> are pointing to the correct directory. The system.ppu of your fpc 2.5.1.
>
> [...]
> # searchpath for units and other system dependent things
> -FuC:\freepascal\fpc\2.4.3/units/$FPCTARGET/
> -FuC:\freepascal\fpc\2.4.3/units/$FPCTARGET/*
> -FuC:\freepascal\fpc\2.4.3/units/$FPCTARGET/rtl
> [...]
>
> Fix the paths.
>
> Mattias
>
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