On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 19:41:11 +1100
"Peter Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>         I installed Lazarus and Free Pascal on my Linux Ubuntu pc
> using the Synaptic Package Manager. However, when I start Lazarus I
> get the following error message (see subject).
> 
>     The current Free Pascal source directory
>     "/usr/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/i386-linux/
>     does not look correct.
>     Choose OK to choose the default "".
>     Otherwise check Environment -> Environment Options -> File
> 
>     [OK] [ignore]
> 
>       Note that the above listed directory (
> /usr/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units/i386-linux/ ) *does* exist.
> 
>       What am I doing wrong?!? Can someone please tell me the URL for
> downloading any files I'm missing and also what is the exact directory
> in which they should reside?

The IDE searches the FPC sources, which is provided by a package
called fpc-src.
As ubuntu user, you can use:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Getting_Lazarus#Getting_Lazarus_from_our_Ubuntu_repository

Then you will get the current fpc 2.2.0 too (instead of the old 2.0.4).


Mattias
 

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