On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:06:45 +0100, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 14:19:56 +0100 (CET), Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal ><fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote: > >> >> >>On Mon, 16 Dec 2024, Bo Berglund via fpc-pascal wrote: >> >>> I have written a command line utility program on Linux using Lazarus as the >>> IDE. >>> This was done a while ago on an Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 machine, which I >>> normally >>> access using VNC when doing Lazarus work there. >>> >>> Now since a few months the TigerVNC server on that machinbe won't start >>> anymore >>> so I cannot reach Lazarus. >>> But I can log on just fine using PuTTY from Windows and do whatever on the >>> command line. >>> >>> So what I want to do is to modify the source, which I can do via SSH. >>> But then I want to build a new version of the program without access to >>> Lazarus >>> there. >>> >>> Can this be done and in that case how? >>> Last build of the application was using fpc ver 3.2.2 and probably Lazarus >>> 2.2.4 >>> >>> I have never compiler a FreePascal program from the command line before.... >> >>If you have a .lpi file (lazarus project file) then you can do simply a >> >>lazbuild yourproject.lpi >> >>lazbuild is a command-line tool that comes with lazarus, it can be used to >>compile a project file with the same settings as would be used if you were >>compiling in the IDE. >> >>Michael. > >I have now entered the bugfix and tried to use lazbuild, but the command is not >found... > >$ lazbuild videosplitcmb.lpi >lazbuild: command not found > >Seems like it is not on path.. > >My project sources are in ~/projects/VideoSplitCombine > >And Lazarus and lazbuild itself is in ~/dev/lazarus/2.2.4/ >But not on path... > >Should I copy lazbuild to ~/bin where fpc also is located? >Or invoke it like this: > >~/dev/lazarus/2.2.4/lazbuild videosplitcmb.lpi I tried to symlink lazbuild into $HOME/bin and then inside the project dir I tried this: $ lazbuild videosplitcmb.lpi Error: (lazarus) invalid Lazarus directory "": directory lcl not found Error: (lazarus) Building failed: videosplitcmb.lpi I tried lazbuild --help and found out that there is an option one can enter too: lazbuild --lazarusdir=/home/bosse/dev/lazarus/2.2.4 videosplitcmb.lpi And this time it worked fine! I now have the modified tool and I moved it to the Ubuntu Server where it works just fine. Thanks for the instruction on how to do it. -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org https://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
