[Lazarus] Does make install replace existing versions?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, Bo Berglund wrote:

> I have checked out lazarus 1.6 on the RC1 tag and now I am a bit
> confused regarding the make options...
>
> I start by building lazarus in my source dir below home:
> make bigide
>
> But then there is:
> sudo make install
>
> which is used to put this lazarus into /usr/local/share/lazarus
>
> What seems to happen is that there are a number of symlinks created in
> /usr/local/bin for startlazarus and other items.
>
> What I would like to know is what happens if I already have a
> different lazarus version that has been installed by "make install"?
>
> Will the new lazarus replace the older or will there be some version
> added to the symlinks?

The new lazarus will replace the old.

> I don't dare to run make install until I know the end result...

You can always run "make -n install", it will show you what will happen without actually doing it.

Michael.