[Lazarus] making lazarus from source failed (linux mint)

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> On 2015-09-17 at 23:42, Xiangrong Fang wrote:
>> I need to compile lazarus from source (as the
>> official deb package depends on fpc 2.6.4, while the mint system only
>> provide 2.6.2).
> 
> The joys of package management and its dependency hell! To solve the
> problem forever, simply install FPC from the official FPC installer
> (no root access is required either). Download it from the SourceForge
> page. This has worked for me on Windows, Linux and FreeBSD for the last
> 5 years without error.

I agree, and the installation bundle includes a script which puts things 
in a suitable place and generates an fpc.cfg which is almost always OK.

I can't speak for Mint but 2.6.4- as available at Sourceforge etc.- is 
fine on any half-recent Debian (definitely "Lenny" onwards), and once 
that's running you can compile later versions (e.g. the development 
trunk) or if you really have to older ones.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]