[Lazarus] Cannot find unit lNet when building project

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:09:58 +0100
Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:58:40 +0100, Mattias Gaertner
> <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de> wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:53:25 +0100
> >Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> But when I try to build the project there is a message:
> >> Fatal: Cannot find lNet used by....
> >
> >Did you install lnet via fppkg?
> No, I did not install it. This is one of the first tests following
> download and build (bigide) of RC2. Seems like the IDE finds the files
> without any need for installation....

"lnet" is a normal unit of FPC.
Compile with -vut to see where the compiler searches and what it finds.


> Do I have to install non-visuel components in Lazarus?

Packages only need to be "Install"ed if they provide IDE addons.


> I usually
> create the objects in code anyway and my test program is a console
> (non-gui) program.
> 
> >Maybe you updated your compiler and forgot to update lnet?
> Same compiler as before (3.0.0)
> And the IDE picks up the source unit from:
> /usr/fpc/3.0.0/utils/fppkg/lnet/lnet.pp

Good. That's the usual place on Linux.

 
Mattias