Hello

I finally decided to install new FPC and load the necessary stuff using CVS (succesfully). I installed FPC using the defaults (the libraries went to /usr/lib/fpc/1.0.7, the RPM defaulted to this directory).

However, I cannot do much in FPC even thought6 I have added this directory to my Files->FPC source directory. I get the error right after trying to add code to a button event.

Is there anything I am missing or done wrong? I read Tony Maro's instructions, I have installed Lazarus before but this "from scratch" attempt was not too succesfull.

Markku

Well, well...

I got some good advice from Tony, Vincent and Anrew and downloaded the sources. The RPM package, however, seems to be far from what a normal Linux user is accustomed to. After trying

rpm --install <package file name>

nothing happened as the RPM only contained a gzipped tar archive of the compiler sources and installer simply unpacked this file to /usr/src/linux/.../somehwere and I had to use the "find" command to find out the location.

After I located the tar.gz. it was relatively easy to continue.

I see Tony has updated his instructions which is a good thing. It might be a good idea to throw out the RPM source thing completely as it only makes things more complicated the way it is built now. Simple tar.gz with some unpacking info is a lot better alternative.

Anyhow, I got the beast working now. Thanks to those who kicked me to the right direction. Lazarus seems to have much more functionality now. Looks good...

Markku