Hi to the list,
I am just a beginner with lazarus....

I have installed it on my Debian 5.01....first fpc an then I have compiled lazarus from sources copied in /usr/src/lazarus.

It happens that all goes fine if I run lazarus as root (deprecated by Debian) from /usr/src/lazarus...I can compile examples and run them. I can even install new components and they appear into the IDE.

The problem rises if I run lazarus as normal user.

Having made "make install" now I have /usr/local/bin/lazarus-ide available to all users .

If I run /usr/local/bin/lazarus-ide I have a hell of problems:

Units are not found anymore when compiling examples: For any subdir I have to add into fpc.cfg a new entry -uF ....

When lazarus rebuilds for a new components it does it to the original /usr/src/lazarus but then it is /usr/local/bin/lazarus-ide that is restarted....so I do not see any change into the IDE.

I have tried to compile lazarus as a normal user having the sources in /home/myuser/lazarus but this does not succeed.

Please some advise....

Regards

Pino

pinozollo at gmail dot com
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Easiest way, but any user on your machine can modify /usr/src/lazarus Run as root:
cd /usr/src/lazarus
find -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 777
find -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666

or

Only USER and root can work with Lazarus:
cd /usr/src/lazarus
chown USER * -R (USER means your normal login name)

Then do not work with lazarus as root.
/usr/src/lazarus/startlazarus should work.

Zitat von Pino Zollo :

A note in general, not only for lazarus: this is uncommon. You can install software to /usr/... But you compile software as normal user in in your home directory, in any sub directory you like for example /home/username/lazarus.

It happens that all goes fine if I run lazarus as root (deprecated by Debian)

You should not run lazarus as root. Lazarus is a development tool and therefore lets you run buggy/untested software.

from /usr/src/lazarus...I can compile examples and run them.

If you want to compile an example, copy it to your home directory.

I can even install new components and they appear into the IDE.

You can install components as normal user too.

Please undo these modifications to fpc.cfg. Normally you don't need to edit fpc.cfg. I myself never touch fpc.cfg, except for linker tools/paths.

When lazarus rebuilds for a new components it does it to the original /usr/src/lazarus but then it is /usr/local/bin/lazarus-ide that is restarted....so I do not see any change into the IDE.

The IDE is just a single binary. You can set the lazarus directory under environment / options / files / lazarus directory

I have tried to compile lazarus as a normal user having the sources in /home/myuser/lazarus but this does not succeed.

This is the normal way.
Maybe you copied the directory /usr/share/lazarus to /home/myuser/lazarus? Then the permissions and ownerships were copied too. You can change the ownership with:

chown myuser.myuser -R /home/myuser/lazarus

1. Fix your fpc.cfg
2. Fix the ownership of /home/myuser/lazarus
3. remove the files in /home/myuser/.lazarus/
4. compile lazarus with
cd /home/myuser/lazarus
make clean all
5. start lazarus with
./lazarus

You can setup a desktop item with path
/home/myuser/lazarus/lazarus

Mattias

is the above a typo? first it set mode 777 and then sets the same things to 666?? i think there's a booboo there...

Yes, sorry

find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666

But Mattias sends better and complex solution.

Petr

Il gioved? 18 febbraio 2010 11:52:25
ha scritto:

Hi Mattias and Petr,
Thanks for helps.

This is the normal way. Maybe you copied the directory /usr/share/lazarus to ? /home/myuser/lazarus?

No, I made it from the distribution file.

I made all those steps but I fall in the same error I had when I tried to compile lazarus into my home directory, i.e.

-----------------------
Compiling masks.pas
Fatal: Can't find unit Contnrs used by Masks
Fatal: Compilation aborted
make[1]: *** [alllclunits.ppu] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/pino/lazarus/lcl' make: *** [lcl] Error 2
----------------------

Sure I need to put something into fpc.cfg !

At present it has:

-----------------------
# searchpath for units and other system dependent things -Fu/usr/local/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget -Fu/usr/local/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/* -Fu/usr/local/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/rtl #-Fu~/fpc/packages/base/*/units/;~/fpc/fcl/units/;~/fpc/rtl/units/ -----------------------

It is

/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.4.0/units/i386-linux/fcl-base/

that contains Contnrs, so I imagine that fpc.cfg is not properly interpreted as its second -Fu should include it.

Thanks for you patience

Pino

Hello Lazarus-List,

Thursday, February 18, 2010, 7:22:50 PM, you wrote:

PZ> that contains Contnrs, so I imagine that fpc.cfg is not properly interpreted PZ> as its second -Fu should include it.

Check if you have a .fpc.cfg (hidden) in you home folder.

Il gioved? 18 febbraio 2010 17:09:02 JoshyFun ha scritto:

Hi Josh,

Yes, I have it and I added in it the following line:

-Fu/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.4.0/units/i386-linux/*

and after that I could compile all lazarus.

....so, maybe, the variables in

-Fu/usr/local/bin/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/*

are not set.

Best regards

Pino

Hello Lazarus-List,

Thursday, February 18, 2010, 9:20:22 PM, you wrote:

PZ> Yes, I have it and I added in it the following line: PZ> -Fu/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.4.0/units/i386-linux/* PZ> and after that I could compile all lazarus.
PZ> ....so, maybe, the variables in
PZ> -Fu/usr/local/bin/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/* PZ> are not set.

I'll tell you my "history". :) I setup fpc from rpms and not from repository, so fpc takes the config from my home folder which points to /usr/lib instead the /etc one which points to /usr/local/ so I finally end simply removing the one at home, download SVN of fpc and lazarus in my home/pascal folder and compile both leaving fpc config file in /etc.

As you sure noted I'm not used with Linux ;)