[Lazarus] Serial communication??

[Sven Barth]

On 02.10.2010 04:25, waldo kitty wrote:
> On 10/1/2010 17:59, BosseB wrote:
>> I found lazarus in this location:
>> /usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2
>> I have downloaded the component zip file into my Downloads directory.
>> Then I have extracted the contents, which created a new directory:
>> Downloads/Sdpo
>>
>> But when I try to do as directed (move Sdpo folder into lazarus
>> components folder) I get a "permission denied" error. :-(
>>
>> Why is that? And how do you go about installing the components if you
>> are not allowed to put the files where they belong???
>
> just like on windows (finally!), you have to be root to do things in
> "protected" areas... this means that you have to log in as root or use
> sudo to gain root privileges... once you have root privileges, then you
> can copy those files and directories over there as you need to do ;)

No! Wrong approach!

Don't write into locations where you shouldn't write to!

You should do it the following way:

Create a "components" or "3rdparty" directory somewhere where you have 
write access to (at the side of directory containing your projects 
perhaps). Then copy the "Sdpo" directory to this new directory and 
proceed as mentioned in the INSTALL file, but using that directory 
instead of the "/usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2/components" one.

This is a much cleaner way of doing this in my opinion.

Regards,
Sven