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From: Pierre Kellerman
Hi there all you nice Lazarus people.
Question one.
If i am not mistaken the only way to add components onto the
lazarus pallet is to add it to the source tree and then
rebuild lazarus. will there ever be an option to install
components without rebuilding Lazaras (Like Kylix do)?
This is due to FPC. I understand the FPC 1.1 tree is beginning to support the features to do this. However, we've made things very easy for adding components. Mattias' package management system is awesomely easy to use, and will automatically rebuild Lazarus for you. All you do is open a package file and click "Install". When it's done, just close and re-open Lazarus for it to be available.
There's also a hack I wrote that allows you to install single components without having to hand-edit the Lazarus source - it's also accessible from the components menu. Personally I recommend the package system though. ;-)
So basically, no, you must rebuild Lazarus, but it's so simple to do now, it really doesn't matter.
-Tony