[Lazarus] Dual installation of FPC

[patspiper]

On 10/23/2010 11:05 AM, Thierry B. wrote:
> Le 22/10/2010 21:27, patspiper a écrit :
>    
>> On 10/22/2010 09:39 PM, Thierry B. wrote:
>>      
>>> The best is to put all you fpcs under a root directory. Then in you
>>> ~/.fpc.cfg, just use $FPCVERSION so that it matches all versions. For
>>> example :
>>>
>>>     # searchpath for units and other system dependent things
>>>
>>> -Fu/home/thierrybo/Sys/local/opt/fpc/$FPCVERSION/lib/fpc/$FPCVERSION/units/$FPCTARGET
>>>
>>>
>>> -Fu/home/thierrybo/Sys/local/opt/fpc/$FPCVERSION/lib/fpc/$FPCVERSION/units/$FPCTARGET/*
>>>
>>>
>>> -Fu/home/thierrybo/Sys/local/opt/fpc/$FPCVERSION/lib/fpc/$FPCVERSION/units/$FPCTARGET/rtl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thierry B.
>>>
>>>        
>> That would require using FPC/Lazarus with root privileges...not recommended
>>      
> Uhm, I should have not used "a root directory" but "a base directory in
> you home folder" instead. No need to run Lazarus as root.
>
>    
And I did not check out the directories you mentioned thoroughly, as 
they indeed are in /home. So what you are saying is correct. However if 
you install FPC official release through Debian packages, you're pretty 
much stuck with an FPC installation in the root folder (which needs root 
privileges to be rebuilt).