[lazarus] Compile fails: FORMS not found.

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 02:33:03 +0400
Nikolai Zhubr <s001 at hotbox.ru> wrote:

> Hi,
> Perhaps it's a very stupid newbie question, but still I haven't
> found it in FAQs so i'll ask.
> I've just downloaded lazarus binaries and fpc and tried to compile
> some minimal (1 button) project. But, compile fails with a message
> about FORMS unit not found. I've downloaded lazarus sources as well,
> but i have a feeling that souces should not be necessary for compile
> as 'Compiler options -> other unit files' referes to lcl/units
> directory which already contains compiled units. So, it looks like
> fpc somewhy refuses to see them. (The same thing happens when starting
> fpc directly with all those dirs mentioned in -Fu)
> Any hints appreciated.

There is probably a conflict between your fpc version and the fpc version used for building the binary.
Plz download the lazarus sources (cvs or snapshot) and compile them manually:

bash
export CVSROOT=:pserver:cvs at cvs.freepascal.org:/FPC/CVS 
cvs login

the password is 'cvs'

cvs -z3 checkout lazarus
make clean all


Mattias