[Lazarus] Lazarus on Udoo quad (ARM device) ?

[Paul Breneman]

On 06/23/2014 04:07 AM, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> On 23/06/2014 10:02, Paul Breneman wrote:
>> On 06/23/2014 02:28 AM, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
>>> On 22/06/2014 23:47, Anthony Tekatch wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am having some difficulty getting Lazarus installed on an Udoo SBC
>>>> (ARM
>>>> device).
>>>>
>>>> I installed "lubuntu 12.04 LTS armHF based" from here:
>>>>     http://www.udoo.org/downloads/
>>>>
>>>> I installed FPC from here:
>>>>     ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.6.4/arm-linux/
>>> <snip>
>>>> /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.4/units/arm-linux/rtl/cprt0.o: In function
>>>> `_haltproc_eabi':
>>>> (.text+0x88): undefined reference to `_fini'
>>>> /usr/lib/fpc/2.6.4/units/arm-linux/rtl/cprt0.o: In function
>>>> `_haltproc_eabi':
>>>> (.text+0x90): undefined reference to `_init'
>>>> lazbuild.lpr(1742) Error: Error while linking
>>>> lazbuild.lpr(1742) Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping
>>>> Fatal: Compilation aborted
>>>> make[2]: *** [lazbuild] Error 1
>>>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/debian/lazarus/ide'
>>>> make[1]: *** [lazbuilder] Error 2
>>>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/debian/lazarus/ide'
>>>> make: *** [lazbuild] Error 2
>>>> $
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> The FPC you downloaded probably does not support ARM HF. IIRC, none of
>>> 2.6.x does, except that there's a version maintained by Debian with
>>> patches.
>>> You could try installing that or perhaps compile using FPC trunk
>>> (manually or using a tool like fpcup [warning: fpcup author speaking ;)]
>>> see here
>>> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Odroid#Installing_FPC.2FLazarus_using_fpcup
>>>
>>> for instructions for installation on another ARMHF+*buntu device so that
>>> should be quite usable)
>>
>> Interesting, but why does my program compile OK using FPC 2.6.2 but
>> fails using 2.6.4?
>>
>> http://ctrlterm.com/ports.htm
>>
>> I had the problem on 20 May 2014 and just reverted to 2.6.2 to avoid the
>> problem?
> Are you using an ARMHF OS?

I don't think so.  FPC 2.6.2 works OK.  It is a Nexus 7 32 GB tablet 
2013 version (I think).