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<p>I needed to compile fpc and the rtl and fpl libraries for
debugging so I downloaded the sources from SourceForge.<br>
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<p>I built fpc from the sources (with -gl flag for debugging - it
runs) using the instructions in (modified for 3.0.4): <br>
<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Installing_Free_Pascal_from_source_under_Linux.2FBSD">http://wiki.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Installing_Free_Pascal_from_source_under_Linux.2FBSD</a></b></p>
<p>which fpc<br>
<b>fpc is /usr/local/bin/fpc</b><b><br>
</b><b>fpc is /usr/bin/fpc</b><b><br>
</b><br>
</p>
<p>I can't install Lazarus from either:</p>
<p>ll lazarus*<br>
<b>-rw-rw-r-- 1 donz donz 88M May 30 14:47
lazarus-project_1.8.4-0_amd64.deb</b><b><br>
</b><b>-rw-rw-r-- 1 donz donz 88M Jun 1 14:30
lazarus-project_1.8.4-0_amd64 (1).deb</b><br>
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<p>The package installer say:</p>
<p><b>Error: Dependency is not satisifiable:
fpc(=3.0.4)|fp-compiler(=3.0.4)</b><br>
</p>
<p>When I start fpc it says:</p>
<p>fpc -i<br>
<b>Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.4</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Compiler date : 2018/05/31</b><b><br>
</b><b>Compiler CPU target: x86_64</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Supported targets (targets marked with '{*}' are under
development):</b><b><br>
</b><b> Linux: Linux for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b><b> FreeBSD: FreeBSD for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b><b> Win64: Win64 for x64</b><b><br>
</b><b> Darwin: Darwin for x86_64</b><b><br>
</b><b> solaris: Solaris for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> OpenBSD: OpenBSD for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> NetBSD: NetBSD for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> DragonFly: DragonFly for x86-64</b><br>
<br>
etc.</p>
<p>/usr/local/bin/fpc -i<br>
<b>Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.4</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Compiler date : 2018/05/31</b><b><br>
</b><b>Compiler CPU target: x86_64</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Supported targets (targets marked with '{*}' are under
development):</b><b><br>
</b><b> Linux: Linux for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b><b> FreeBSD: FreeBSD for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b><b> Win64: Win64 for x64</b><b><br>
</b><b> Darwin: Darwin for x86_64</b><b><br>
</b><b> solaris: Solaris for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> OpenBSD: OpenBSD for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> NetBSD: NetBSD for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> DragonFly: DragonFly for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b></p>
<p>/usr/bin/fpc -i<br>
<b>Free Pascal Compiler version 3.0.4</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Compiler date : 2018/05/31</b><b><br>
</b><b>Compiler CPU target: x86_64</b><b><br>
</b><b><br>
</b><b>Supported targets (targets marked with '{*}' are under
development):</b><b><br>
</b><b> Linux: Linux for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b><b> FreeBSD: FreeBSD for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b><b> Win64: Win64 for x64</b><b><br>
</b><b> Darwin: Darwin for x86_64</b><b><br>
</b><b> solaris: Solaris for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> OpenBSD: OpenBSD for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> NetBSD: NetBSD for x86-64 {*}</b><b><br>
</b><b> DragonFly: DragonFly for x86-64</b><b><br>
</b></p>
<p>I'm using Linux Mint 18.3.<br>
<b></b></p>
<p>Why doesn't the installer recognize fpc? Where does it look for
it? What am I missing?<br>
</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Don<br>
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