[Lazarus] run-time vs desgin-time packages

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:27:07 +0200
ik <idokan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to explain desgin-time vs run-time packages, and it seems
> that I don't really fully understand them myself.
> Desgin time are packages that changes the IDE or adds components
> etc... Run-time are used only when compiling the program itself.
> 
> That much I understand (I hope). However, I can't install run-time
> packages, so how does Lazarus knows about them ?

See
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Packages#Design_Time_vs_Run_Time_package

Mattias