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Matt Shaffer

First off, something went messy with my 9.28 install (On Windows); it complained componenttreeview.pas couldn't be found when I tried recompiling the IDE, when it was right in the unit paths directory... so I thought I'd just install 9.28.2, to a different directory. The problem is that this new install seemed to have migrated everything from the old install; that or it's still trying to recompile the old IDE, as it also complained about the same file. I am currently too lazy to try to wipe every trace of lazarus off this machine so I can do a fresh install, unfortunately. -------------- next part --------------
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Martin
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First off, something went messy with my 9.28 install (On Windows); it complained componenttreeview.pas couldn't be found when I tried recompiling the IDE, when it was right in the unit paths directory... so I thought I'd just install 9.28.2, to a different directory. The problem is that this new install seemed to have migrated everything from the old install; that or it's still trying to recompile the old IDE, as it also complained about the same file. I am currently too lazy to try to wipe every trace of lazarus off this machine so I can do a fresh install, unfortunately. ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Your configuration is in
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\lazarus

You need to delete this, if you want a real clean new install

If you want/need more than one installation, you can use the command line option --primary-config-path="C:\foo" In order to add a command line option,. you need to create a windows short-cut, This will allow you to specify it.

And last not least:
- Never mind where you installed Lazarus AND fpc => don't copy or move the folder later. All your config has this folder (including a file called fpc.cfg, in the fpc directory)
- Try to avoid spaces and special chars in the path to lazarus and your project. (There had been issues, some may be fixed, but I do not know)

That should be it.

Martin

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Matt Shaffer
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Perfect, it's working fine now.

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Matt Shaffer wrote: > First off, something went messy with my 9.28 install (On Windows); it > complained componenttreeview.pas couldn't be found when I tried recompiling > the IDE, when it was right in the unit paths directory... so I thought I'd > just install 9.28.2, to a different directory. The problem is that this new > install seemed to have migrated everything from the old install; that or > it's still trying to recompile the old IDE, as it also complained about the > same file. I am currently too lazy to try to wipe every trace of lazarus off > this machine so I can do a fresh install, unfortunately. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Your configuration is in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\lazarus You need to delete this, if you want a real clean new install If you want/need more than one installation, you can use the command line option --primary-config-path="C:\foo" In order to add a command line option,. you need to create a windows short-cut, This will allow you to specify it. And last not least: - Never mind where you installed Lazarus AND fpc => don't copy or move the folder later. All your config has this folder (including a file called fpc.cfg, in the fpc directory) - Try to avoid spaces and special chars in the path to lazarus and your project. (There had been issues, some may be fixed, but I do not know) That should be it. Martin -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus

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waldo kitty
to Martin: Your configuration is in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\lazarus You need to delete…
Martin wrote 6 lines
And last not least: - Never mind where you installed Lazarus AND fpc => don't copy or move the folder later. All your config has this folder (including a file called fpc.cfg, in the fpc directory) - Try to avoid spaces and special chars in the path to lazarus and your project. (There had been issues, some may be fixed, but I do not know)

so in other words, do not try to install Laz/fpc package to "Program Files" or "My Programs" or such :?

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Martin
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waldo kitty wrote 11 lines
Martin wrote: > And last not least: > - Never mind where you installed Lazarus AND fpc => don't copy or > move the folder later. All your config has this folder (including a > file called fpc.cfg, in the fpc directory) > - Try to avoid spaces and special chars in the path to lazarus and > your project. (There had been issues, some may be fixed, but I do > not know) so in other words, do not try to install Laz/fpc package to "Program Files" or "My Programs" or such :?

I am not sure if 0.9.28 works with that. It may be fixed, it may not.

0.9.26 doesn't work, and also any projects in your user foled (which likely contains spaces) will have issues (even if lazarus is in c:\lazarus\)

IIRC The problem is/was something like winres (a resource compiler, which is afaik from the mingw package.) winres does/didn't take spaces well. This could mean the issue will only be fixed, if it is fixed in the mingw project.

Martin

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Matt Shaffer
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I've always installed Lazarus in the root of the drive, but my projects definitely have spaces in the paths... I have some in C:\user\matt\my docs\some awesome project name\ for example, and it compiles fine. Believe that compiled fine /24 too.

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waldo kitty wrote: > Martin wrote: > >> And last not least: >> - Never mind where you installed Lazarus AND fpc => don't copy or move >> the folder later. All your config has this folder (including a file called >> fpc.cfg, in the fpc directory) >> - Try to avoid spaces and special chars in the path to lazarus and your >> project. (There had been issues, some may be fixed, but I do not know) >> > > so in other words, do not try to install Laz/fpc package to "Program > Files" or "My Programs" or such :? > I am not sure if 0.9.28 works with that. It may be fixed, it may not. 0.9.26 doesn't work, and also any projects in your user foled (which likely contains spaces) will have issues (even if lazarus is in c:\lazarus\) IIRC The problem is/was something like winres (a resource compiler, which is afaik from the mingw package.) winres does/didn't take spaces well. This could mean the issue will only be fixed, if it is fixed in the mingw project. Martin -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus

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waldo kitty
to Martin: I am not sure if 0.9.28 works with that. It may be fixed, it may not. 0.9.26 doesn't…
Martin wrote 17 lines
waldo kitty wrote: > Martin wrote: >> And last not least: >> - Never mind where you installed Lazarus AND fpc => don't copy or >> move the folder later. All your config has this folder (including a >> file called fpc.cfg, in the fpc directory) >> - Try to avoid spaces and special chars in the path to lazarus and >> your project. (There had been issues, some may be fixed, but I do >> not know) > > so in other words, do not try to install Laz/fpc package to "Program > Files" or "My Programs" or such :? I am not sure if 0.9.28 works with that. It may be fixed, it may not. 0.9.26 doesn't work, and also any projects in your user foled (which likely contains spaces) will have issues (even if lazarus is in c:\lazarus\)

yes, i ran into problems when i first installed laz some versions ago... no clue as to what the problems were or how to even possibly try to correct them... uninstalled and reinstalled several times before finally giving up in frustration and taking the default location(s) at which point, most everything worked...

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IIRC The problem is/was something like winres (a resource compiler, which is afaik from the mingw package.) winres does/didn't take spaces well. This could mean the issue will only be fixed, if it is fixed in the mingw project.

hummm... on the one hand, that doesn't seem right... doesn't mingw attempt to duplicate much of windows capability or do i have that reversed and it duplicates *nix capabilities on windows?

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