[lazarus] Proper Lazarus installation

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 20 May 2002 16:46:32 +0200
Satan <das-ende-ist-nah at gmx.net> wrote:

> > > > So, a proper installation of the IDE is:
> > > > - the complete source tree
> > > > - a link to /usr/bin/lazarus
> > > > - some default option files in /etc/
> > > > 
> > > > Comments!
> > > 
> what's with the fpc sources?
> i thought they were needed by lazarus also
> is there a standard directory where they are placed?
> i don't think so
> and i think since they are needed, they also belong to a proper lazarus installation

That's right. But there are various ways to install the fpc sources.
Perhaps a Quick Installation & Setup should be added to the web site, which explains two or three possibilities to install fpc and lazarus. (cvs, zip, multiuser, singleuser)


> and what about the ppu/o files (if they will be in one directory) in /usr/lib/lazarus and the rest including source in /usr/share/lazarus?

Sounds good to me.


Mattias