[Lazarus] linking error

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Sat, 3 Jun 2017 07:05:03 -0500
Larry Dalton via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

> I am not a Linux expert. I have run Sudo apt-get update, then downloaded binutils 2.28. How do I replace the old version (2.24) with downloaded version (2.28)?

If you are not a Linux expert you should stay with the binutils of your
distribution.

I will try to build a more compatible fpc deb in a few days.

If you don't want to wait that long, I recommend to install fpc 3.0.0
and build Lazarus on your own:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus#Installing_from_source

Mattias