[Lazarus] Newcomers with Debian based systems

[Peter Williams]

G'day Lazarus FANS,

    The attached (small) .iso file *may* help! Although I don't recall
whether twist [or not] I have Lazarus installed.

    It's an .iso file created with my HP Laptop and a Ethernet cx to
my desktop with an ethernet hub. I created it with my laptop and
DVD-RW drive!!! GRIN

Oppss!!! Google mail and me lost my changes!!!!

Hope you like it!

LUV Pew
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On 20/03/2010, Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1 at aol.com> wrote:
> waldo kitty schrieb:
>
>>> Another problem: how can a user rebuild Lazarus, when it has been
>>> installed into /usr where the user has not enough rights.
>>
>> if this has been done, then it indicates that root installed Laz/FPC...
>> that means that root has to do the rebuild, not the user(s)...
>
> This is how Lazarus is installed by default (distributed packages). This
> may be okay for multi-user systems with a skilled administrator, but not
> necessarily for the average user at home. All my current considerations
> are about users (like me) without an skilled system administrator.
>
>> if they need to be able to rebuild Laz/FPC, they need to install it into
>> their home directory for the necessary rights to be active...
>
> This requirement should be documented, including how to accomplish it.
> The documentation could be restricted to how to use the repository, when
>   Lazarus ever has to be rebuilt after the first installation - if
> that's the simplest way.
>
>> yes, i see what you are saying, though... the packages are configured to
>> install to a central location for all to use and that means that they
>> cannot to the rebuild... but they should not have to do any rebuild
>> since the package should be stable... plus they are fully loaded with
>> all the goodies and debug capabilities... this should them the ability
>> to test and work with Laz/FPC...
>
> Remember that installing packages requires to rebuild Lazarus, so that a
> private installation might be preferable as the default. While this is
> not complicated for itself, it should be nice and easy to perform the
> move from the original distribution to a private build.
>
>> /if/ they later reach a point where they need to be able to rebuild
>> Laz/FPC or be able to compile for other platforms and such, _then_ they
>> would install from the sources/SVN to their *home* directory and wade on
>> into the really deep end of the pool... IIUC, they would only need to
>> edit a couple of Laz/FPC specific files to change some directory entries
>> to point at the new installation location in their home directory but
>> that shouldn't be hard to do...
>
> It's not so hard for the second time, but for the first time it is.
> Perhaps I see too many problems, I'll have to check the actual
> procedures myself again.
>
> DoDi
>
>
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With Best Regards,
   PEW { Peter Eric Williams }
from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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