[Lazarus] Ide won't

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Wed, 30 May 2018 23:36:11 -0400
larrydalton71 via Lazarus <lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

> I recently installed linux mint 18.2 on a laptop I use for coding. I then installed lazarus 1.8.2, using fpc 3.04-2_amd64.deb and fpc-src_3.04-2_amd64.deb. Everything seemed to install OJ, but when I start the ide, the Free Pascal icon comes up,

Just to make sure: You mean the Lazarus splash screen, right?


> then disappears and the compiler doesn't run.

The IDE, not the compiler, right?


> I tried completely reinstalling but that didn't help. What ast do I try next?

Please open a terminal and run

startlazarus

You should get some output.

Mattias