Hi LS and All,
2008/7/30 Lord Satan
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:52:31 +1000
"Peter Williams" wrote:
> G'day LS and All,
>
> On 30/07/2008, Lord Satan wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:35:40 +1000
> > "Peter Williams" wrote:
> >
> > > Any Ideas will be appreciated!!!
> >
> > You can try dpkg directly and perhaps get some usefull output if it
also
> > fails.
> > I never had this problem (Ubuntu 8.04 64-bit) but I build the fpc
package
> > myself from svn via lazarusdir/tools/install/create_fpc_deb.sh.
>
>
> Can you please tell me the exact command(s) I need to enter. I'm assuming
> that I need to open a System Terminal (if that's the right terminology) -
> however, I'm still a newbie at Linux.
Opening a terminal is correct. And since you are new to the linux command
line you should try:
man man
man dpkg
And finally to install the package:
cd /home/your_user_name/directory_with_your_fpc_package_inside
sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb
hih
Thanks for all your help!!!
In the end I went to SourceForge website and downloaded Lazarus and Free Pascal Compiler. I then iGenDebian Package installer to install the .deb files. I ignored the warnings about later versions being available. All went well. Then a few minutes after I had finished installing Lazarus, the Package Manager had an icon in my toolbar telling me that later versions of both free pascal compiler and Lazarus were available. A few mouse clicks later and it had installed the latest version.
Also, I'm happy to report that my small Lazarus test program compiled and run WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS or errors, warnings or hints.
Thank you to the Lazarus and Free Pascal team!!! It is working as it is supposed to!!!
Kind Regards & With Much Thanks
PEW
From Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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