Lazarus Manager: what changed

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1	1		## Introduction
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3	3		This program is made to have latest news of lazarus/fpc development, because install everyday the daily snapshot is a little bit laborious.
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5	5		You can edit and improve Lazarus Manager sending me your feedback, maybe I will release the source code in future, but now I prefer to develop it myself.
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7	7		Finally, these scripts are for who doesn't want waste time on installations/configurations, but wants to develop on quick time ("end-users", not "developers of the development system").
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9	9		NOTE: Lazarus Manager is made by Kjow and are not supported by the FPC/Lazarus team. This is occasionally updated to latest revision, but there may be problems with last minute SVN changes (so, it might not work with the last minute version).
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11	11		NOTE 2: Before Lazarus Manager, there were four scripts (2 for windows and 2 for Linux). These are obsolete. They don't work anymore due changes in Lazarus/FPC source and Windows/Linux structure. Don't ask for these, they don't exist anymore.
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13	13		## Windows
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15	15		Lazarus Manager is a sort of "one-click" installation that permit to install Lazarus/FPC svn without anything else. It downloads all the necessary (svn client, utils, binutils, Lazarus branches/trunk svn, FPC branches/trunk svn), makes the directories structure and builds everything for also cross-compile for arm android/linux.
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17	17		From Windows (with android ndk, if required) it build:\
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19	19		* Lazarus branch with targets:
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21	21		- - i386-win32
22	22		- X86_64-win64
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24	24		*Lazarus trunk with targets:
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26	26		- - i386-win32
27	27		- X86_64-win64
28	28		- arm-android
29	29		- arm-linux
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31	31		### First Installation
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33	33		Lazarus Manager has some controls to check if something fails (e.g. android ndk path not found), anyway before start you should know something and set some little things.
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35	35		Lazarus Manager saves latest settings used in ./config.ini:
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37	37		- Drive
38	38		- Path
39	39		- Branches svn url
40	40		- Trunk svn url
41	41		- Android ndk paths
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43	43		The usage of Lazarus Manager is intuitive, so in first tab you will find base file urls.
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45	45		If you want to make shortcuts to desktop check the flag in left-bottom corner.
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47	47		![](/wiki-images/f/fb/Pre-Installation.png)
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49	49		`NOTE``: If you choose to select "One click installation" (recommended), buttons ``"Generate Directory Structure"`` and ``"Start Necessaries Download"`` are `[[disabled]]` and the installation process will do all the work for you.`
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51	51		In "Stable Tree" tab there are the svn urls (you can change with newer revision when they will came out) and targets:
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53	53		![](/wiki-images/e/e0/Stable-Tree.png)
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55	55		If you need to cross-compile Lazarus app for Android, you need to download and extract the NDK in your hard disk, then you had to save two paths:
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57	57		- arm-linux-androideabi
58	58		- binutils
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60	60		E.g. if you use Windows X64 (I tested on Windows 8.1 X64), download and initialize Android NDK for Windows X64. So, if you have version r9 of ndk the requested paths will be:
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62	62		- C:\Android\android-ndk-r9\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-4.8\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\arm-linux-androideabi\bin
63	63		- C:\Android\android-ndk-r9\toolchains\arm-linux-androideabi-4.8\prebuilt\windows-x86_64\bin
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65	65		![](/wiki-images/5/5a/Trunk-Tree.png)
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67	67		In "Install/Update" tab you can do the first installation or just update actual installation:
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69	69		![](/wiki-images/c/cb/Install-Update.png)
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71	71		### Update
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73	73		In the end, if you want automatize update process you can make a link (or batch file) to LazarusManager.exe to put in Windows auto-start directory, or just launch it when necessary. An example of this link is supplied in zip file.\
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75	75		LazarusManager accepts three parameters:
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77	77		- First parameter
78	78		- autoupdate (it indicates that Lazarus should be updated automatically to latest svn, without interactions)
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80	80		* Second parameter
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82	82		- - both (it updates both branch and trunk trees)
83	83		- branch (it updates branch tree)
84	84		- trunk (it updates trunk tree)
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86	86		* Third parameter (NOTE: i386-win32 target is always included)
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88	88		- - all (it updates all targets)
89	89		- x64b (it updates x86_64-win64 branch target)
90	90		- x64t (it updates x86_64-win64 trunk target)
91	91		- andarm (it updates arm-android trunk target)
92	92		- linarm (it updates arm-linux trunk target)
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94	94		Example 1:
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96	96		`LazarusManager.exe autoupdate both all`
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98	98		Example 2:
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100	100		`LazarusManager.exe autoupdate branch x64b`
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102	102		Wrong combinations are ignored, e.g.
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104	104		`LazarusManager.exe autoupdate branch andarm`
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106	106		### Directory structure
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108	108		![](/wiki-images/c/c6/Directories.png)
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110	110		### How to start Lazarus
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112	112		Lazarus Manager will create in lazarus branch/trunk roots a shortcuts that make start Lazarus with config dir inside the same root instead of Windows user directory, so you can have how many installations you want.
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114	114		To start Lazarus go to Lazarus root (branch or trunk) and double click on Lazarus_B_Develop for branch or Lazarus_T_Develop for trunk (NOTE: "Develop" is the general installation root, if you change it on install phase, it will be name as you choose).
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116	116		### Configure first Lazarus launch
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118	118		Here it is an example of generic "first run", you need to use correct paths to ensure the right functionality.
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120		-	~~<img src="Config.png" title="Configuration (click to zoom)" width="800" />~~
	120	+	![](/wiki-images/b/b1/Config.png)
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122	122		NOTE: remember to edit Tools -\> IDE Options -\> Environment to set paths concording the installation:
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124	124		![](/wiki-images/2/26/IDE_Options_Environment.png)
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126	126		## Download
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128	128		The link below is dead\
129	129		You can download Lazarus Manager from [here](http://www.kjow.net/lazarus-utilities/).
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131	131		## Extra Info
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133	133		- Lazarus Manager will save in the root you choose to install Lazarus a log.txt file with the entry last process made (e.g. First Installation, Update, etc).
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135	135		- In log form or in log.txt, at the end of installation there il a reminder of which paths you need to add at the Windows System PATH, e.g.:
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137	137		`...`\
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141	141		`To complete the installation, please add these paths to System PATH:`\
142	142		`C:\Develop\fpc\Bootstrap;C:\Develop\fpc\Binutils;C:\Develop\fpc\Utils\bin\i386-win32;C:\Program Files\SlikSvn\bin\;C:\Develop\fpc\fpc_2.6.x\bin\i386-win32;C:\Develop\fpc\fpctrunk\bin\i386-win32`\
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145	145		## See also
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147	147		- [[Installing Lazarus]] Official way to install Lazarus
148	148		- [[fpcup]] Another tool that installs/updates FPC+Lazarus for you.
149	149		- [[fpcupdeluxe]] Yet another tool that installs/updates FPC+Lazarus for you.
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151	151		## Credit
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153	153		Kjow 01:00, 10 January 2014 (CET)\
154	154		Latest Revision: Kjow 15:49, 10 January 2014 (CET)
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156	156		---
157	157		From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Lazarus Manager", as it stood on 2020-01-03 after a change by Bart, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).
158	158		Category: Lazarus

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