[Lazarus] Linux mint install

[Larry Dalton]

Yes

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> On Jul 24, 2015, at 17:19, brian <brian at meadows.pair.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 17:12:06 -0500, you wrote:
>> 
>> Using linux mint 17.1 Rebecca
> 
> OK, scratch the comment about LMDE (I assume what you're using is the
> Ubuntu-based version?). 
> 
> Brian. 
> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 24, 2015, at 16:26, brian <brian at meadows.pair.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:10:28 -0500, you wrote:
>>> 
>>> Larry, 
>>> 
>>> Are you by any chance using the Debian version of Mint? It's a few
>>> versions ago, but I had all kinds of weird problems with
>>> Lazarus/FPC/LMDE, and after a few iterations with the LMDE users, I
>>> switched to plain old Debian, and things have worked just fine since
>>> then. 
>>> 
>>> If you're using the Ubuntu-based Mint, then forget all the above, that
>>> used to work OK. 
>>> 
>>> Brian. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> I have tried to remove the default lazarus install with the following
>>>> commands:  sudo apt-get purge fpc lazarus
>>>>  sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/fpc sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/lazarus    sudo rm -Rf
>>>> /usr/share/fpcsr sudo rm -f ~/.fpcsudo rm -Rf ~/.lazarus, then downloaded
>>>> lazarus_1.4.2-0amd64.deb. Then I get the following output:
>>>> dpkg: regarding fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb containing fpc, pre-dependency
>>>> problem: fpc pre-depends on binutils dpkg: error processing archive
>>>> fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb (--install): pre-dependency problem - not installing
>>>> fpc (Reading database ... 220087 files and directories currently
>>>> installed.) Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ...
>>>> Unpacking google-chrome-stable (43.0.2357.134-1) over (43.0.2357.134-1) ...
>>>> Selecting previously unselected package lazarus. Preparing to unpack
>>>> lazarus_1.4.2-0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking lazarus (1.4.2) ... Setting up
>>>> google-chrome-stable (43.0.2357.134-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems
>>>> prevent configuration of lazarus: lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) |
>>>> fp-compiler (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Version of
>>>> fp-compiler on system is 2.6.2-8. lazarus depends on fpc-src (>= 2.6.4) |
>>>> fpc-source (>= 2.6.4); however: Version of fpc-source on system is 2.6.2-8.
>>>> lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | fp-ide (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc
>>>> is not installed. Package fp-ide is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc
>>>> (>= 2.6.4) | fp-units-base (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not
>>>> installed. Package fp-units-base is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc
>>>> (>= 2.6.4) | fp-units-db (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed.
>>>> Package fp-units-db is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) |
>>>> fp-units-fcl (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Package
>>>> fp-units-fcl is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) |
>>>> fp-units-fv (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Package
>>>> fp-units-fv is not instal dpkg: error processing package lazarus
>>>> (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers
>>>> for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for
>>>> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db
>>>> (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info
>>>> (1.2-0ubuntu3) ... Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type
>>>> in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media
>>>> type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media
>>>> type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media
>>>> type in type 'uri/rtspu' Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>> fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb lazarus
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys <
>>>> mailinglists at geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2015-07-24 17:45, Larry Dalton wrote:
>>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>> 
>>>>> No idea, but may I suggest you rather download the *.tar file instead.
>>>>> It is a console based installer created by the FPC team. I've used it
>>>>> for years on Linux and FreeBSD, and never had any problems. I can also
>>>>> install it to any directory (I normally choose $HOME/devel/fpc/),
>>>>> instead if /usr/bin/ or /usr/local/bin/.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> - Graeme -
>>>>> 
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