[Lazarus] Trying to install a custom component get errors

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:30:44 +1000
"Grizzly(Francis Smit)" <grizzly at smit.id.au> wrote:

> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:50:58 +1000
> > "Grizzly(Francis Smit)" <grizzly at smit.id.au> wrote:
> >
> >   
> >> I've made a small component nothing much yet but it compiles at
> >> least I try to install it by hiting the install button in the
> >> package manager thing it then wants to recompile the whole of
> >> lazarus, but I cannot get it to compile; instead I get the
> >> following error message:
> >>
> >> "Compiling package pkggzzcmdline 0.0" completed
> >> Recompiling RTTICtrls, checksum changed for LResources
> >> rttictrls.pas(77,12) Fatal: Can't find unit RTTICtrls used by
> >> RunTimeTypeInfoControls
> >>
> >> what does this mean I've put the path to rttictrls.pas, in the
> >> compiler options in the package management tool and in the
> >> "project->compiler options...->Paths->Other Unit Files" but I still
> >> get this error, I'm using ubuntu linux 9.04 with lazarus packages
> >> from deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-stable
> >> universe  
> >>     
> >
> > Probably You get this error, because you added the path to the
> > "Other Unit Files".
> > This probably created duplicate ppu files.
> > Remove them and use the project inspector to add the packages
> > requirements to the project.
> >
> >  
> OK that worked but now I need to know how to get the picture onto my
> component, it's a direct descendant of TLclComponet so it's invisible
> at run time but I need to put my picture I've made on it on the
> palate and during design time , how is this done ??

Maybe this helps:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Extending_the_IDE#Writing_components

Mattias