[Lazarus] Lazarus 0.9.30 Linux Mint 10 installation fails... Build Lazarus gives "Error..."

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:58:42 +1100
Peter Williams <pewilliams2010 at live.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi All,
> Today I downloaded these 2 files: lazarus-0.9.30-i386.deb.tar & fpc-2.4.2-0.i386.deb.tar and after unarchiving them I did a "sudo dpkg -i *"
> Selecting Applications / Programming / Lazarus (0.9.30) gives:
> System default is missing
> The system default lazarus executable is missing, butyour customexecutable is still there:/home/peter/.lazarus/bin/lazarusThis will be started ...

It started your old Lazarus executable. Not the new 0.9.30.
That's because startlazarus does not search in many places. I will
extend that. But the change will not be in the 0.9.30 release.
Change the Lazarus directory to the new directory and restart the IDE.
The errors should be gone.

Alternative: Close IDE, delete your config directory: ~/.lazarus, start
IDE. Then you get the settings of the debian package.


> Lazarus directory not found
> The current Lazarus directory "/home/peter/.lazarus/bin/"does not look correct.Without it You will not be able to create LCL applications.Check Environment -> Environment Options -> Files
> I tried changing the directory to "/usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.30/"

What do you mean with 'tried'? Did you get an error message that the
directory is not a Lazarus directory?


> Build Lazarus gives "Error..."

Probably because you mixed versions.


Mattias