[lazarus] Hello from new user.

[Chris]

The trick is to go to the free pascal site and download the gtk snapshot.
Things work much better then.

Chris Bruner

----- Original Message -----
From: "bobby" <bobby at tbi.net>
To: <lazarus at miraclec.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [lazarus] Hello from new user.


> >> + and I've downloaded cygwin. (I'm trying to build a windows compile).
> >> +
> >> + I've also installed all these beasts, but when I try to compile the
> >> lazarus
> >> + (using cygwin), it gives me errors. The last few lines of the
> >> + make are as follows:
> >> +
> >> + Compiling interfaces.pp
> >> + Compiling .\interfaces\gtk\gtkint.pp
> >> + Fatal: Can't find unit GTK
> >> + make[1]: *** [allunits.exe] Error 1
> >> + make: *** [lcl_all] Error 2
> >>
> >> + I've also downloaded python (which I believe include gtk
> >> + stuff), and I've got gtk stuff in my c:\windows directory.
> >> + What's it looking for?
> >>
> >>It can't find the gtk.ppw
> >>It is distributed with fpc. I don't know where it is placed, but your
> >> ppc386.cfg should point to it.
>
> >From: marcov at stack.nl (Marco van de Voort)
> >$(BASEDIR)/units/$(PLATFORM)/gtk
>
> >Where basedir is the installation directory (e.g. c:\fpc or
> >/usr/local/lib/fpc), and PLATFORM the supported platform (linux,
> >os2,win32,go32v2 or freebsd)
>
> Is this just a Win32 issue? I've have the same exact problem. I'm not
> understanding the solution presented though. Do you mean that a line
should
> be added to my ppc386.cfg file that reads something like this:(?)
>
> $d:\pp/units/$win32/gtk
>
> If so, where should that go in the ppc386.cfg file? I've looked that file
> over (and over and over) and I see no reference to gtk at all. Now I do
see:
>
> # searchpath for units and other system dependent things
> -Fud:\pp/units/$TARGET
> -Fud:\pp/units/$TARGET/*
> -Fud:\pp/units/$TARGET/rtl
>
> Should something be added here? I've tried all I know to do. I even copied
> the gtk and related .dlls to every possibly related directory and I still
> get the error. I've seen many references to GTK in makefile, makefile.fpc,
> and a number of other files and different directories, but figgererd it
out
> yet, I aint. Any reports of someone actually having this up and running on
> a win95 box?
> Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance
>
>
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