[lazarus]download. usage

[Peter Vreman]

"P.G. Zint" wrote:
> 
> P.G. Zint
> IDAS GmbH
> Holzheimer Str. 96
> D-65549 Limburg
> 
> I am creating Delphi programs on Windows. I want to create a Linux
> version of some of them. Therefore, I tried to use Lazarus.
> 
> Let me first tell you what I did. On Windows I compiled with the
> command line version ppc383.exe (download Lazarus Installer 4.3Meg).
> I found a lot of problems and errors:
> - No compilation of *.dfm
> - Missing units Message, ExtCrtls ...
> - Missings classes TImage ...
> - Positioning errors in TMenuBar, TEdit, TMemo ...
> - Missing Features (Font in TForm ...)
> - and so on
> Netherless, it was possible to produce a Lazarus program running
> on Windows. Then I tried to download a Lazarus compiler for Linux.
> (alternative download Lazarus LCL and IDE code 200kb). The requested
> URL /~vbman/lazarus.zip was not found on the server.
> 
> Therefore, I would be glad, if you could tell me, what to do for
> creating a Linux version of a Delphi program. For example, I never
> saw any "real" Lazarus IDE.
lazarus is still work in progress, there is currently no IDE available.