[Lazarus] fpc installation error

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 21 May 2018 11:32:26 -0400
Larry Dalton via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

> I have been trying to upgrade to Lazarus 1.8.2.-0_amd64.deb on two
> different computers and cannot get the fpc package installed. I have
> downloaded fpc_3.0.4-2_amd64.deb, fpc-src_3.0.4-2_amd64.deb, and
> lazarus-project_1.8.2-0_amd64.deb.
> 
> The laptop has Linux Mint 18.2, and the desktop has Linux 17.2. I have
> uninstalled previous lazarus versions, and have tried to completely remove
> all associated files, both using Synaptic Package Manager and also chasing
> down each file and deleting them. Still, on both machines, when I try to
> install fpc.3.0.4-2, I get the following error: "errpr: breaks existing
> package fpc conflict 'fpc()'. 

You can ignore that error message.
Proceed to install the lazarus deb.

I will see if I can create a fpc deb without that error.

Mattias