[Lazarus] FPC & Lazarus installation including cross compiling from source

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:01:49 +0200
Antonio Fortuny <a.fortuny at sitasoftware.lu> wrote:

> 
> 
> Le 27/03/2012 17:17, patspiper a écrit :
> > This is related to bug 0021580: Feature request: Robust IDE 
> > cross-compiling.
> >
> > With Lazarus 1.0 being closer than ever, and with the availability of 
> > different Linux scripts to compile FPC from source (including cross 
> > compilation), maybe the time has come to have an automated installer 
> > that does all that, including the compilation of the cross binutils.
> Absolutely :-*
> I've tried a few days ago to have a crosscompiler on Linux for i386 and 
> x86_64: I failed to compile for i386, Lazarus installed as x86_64 
> native. Something was still missing.
> >
> > The complement for Lazarus would be the ability to import/export the 
> > default project options with build modes. My default build modes 
> > include Default, Linux/i386, Win32/i386, Linux/arm, and WinCE/arm.
> Same for me. It would be delightful to have a script, or maybe better a 
> package installer (debian .deb or rpm) for each supported 
> cross-compilation architecture.
> >
> > The 1st base question that comes to mind is: What is the optimal 
> > folder structure to contain FPC with different versions, lazarus, the 
> > cross binutils, and all related sources?
> >
> > Stephano
> >
> The current wiki pages do not give enough information about the 
> installation process of another target into a functional Lazarus 
> installation. On another hand I think it is more a task for the FPC 
> development team than Lazarus one.  But still, as they work hand in hand 
> (I guess), I think it is a Lazarus task as well. Although I'm not a 
> submarine ( 8-) ) developer I can give some of my time to help in this 
> process.

Great.
Lazarus and FPC share the same wiki.

Mattias