[fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
I have downloaded a tar archive, fpc-2.1.4.i386-linux.tar there are no install instructions that I can find. Can anyone give me some guidance or perhaps a link. thanks neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Friday 08 June 2007 19:46, Daniël Mantione wrote: > Op Fri, 8 Jun 2007, schreef pineal: > > I have downloaded a tar archive, > > > > fpc-2.1.4.i386-linux.tar > > > > there are no install instructions that I can find. Can anyone give me > > some guidance or perhaps a link. > > Please a look at the earlier e-mail today about the rebuild of this > release. > > The instructions are right next to the download link on the website: > "After untarring the archive into a temporary location, you can run the > install script by issuing the command "sh install.sh". > > So: > * Open a terinal. > * Untar the file, i.e. type "tar xvzf fpc-2.1.4.i386-linux.tar". > * Type "sh install.sh". > > Daniël Thanks Daniel, bearing in mind the rebuild I'll download that and check instructions too. neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Friday 08 June 2007 18:46, Daniël Mantione wrote: > Op Fri, 8 Jun 2007, schreef pineal: > > I have downloaded a tar archive, > > > > fpc-2.1.4.i386-linux.tar > > > > there are no install instructions that I can find. Can anyone give me > > some guidance or perhaps a link. > > Please a look at the earlier e-mail today about the rebuild of this > release. > > The instructions are right next to the download link on the website: > "After untarring the archive into a temporary location, you can run the > install script by issuing the command "sh install.sh". > > So: > * Open a terinal. > * Untar the file, i.e. type "tar xvzf fpc-2.1.4.i386-linux.tar". > * Type "sh install.sh". > > Daniël Hi Daniel, I have spent the whole afternoon trying to install fpc. :( First I downloaded the .rpm files. The compiler and docs install fine but the source doesn't install anything and there is no error or warning. So I tried the same source rpm from a different mirror with the same result. So I removed those, downloaded the new 2.1.4a archive, unpacked it and ran the install script (which I had to interrupt and run a second time as root) which ran without showing an error and yet I still have no source installed. any ideas please? neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Sunday 10 June 2007 10:15, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > I have spent the whole afternoon trying to install fpc. :( > > > > First I downloaded the .rpm files. The compiler and docs install fine but > > the source doesn't install anything and there is no error or warning. > > The source RPM installs an archive file in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES > you must unpack this archive yourself. This is standard behaviour for RPM. > No it doesn't. That's why I stated the source doesn't install anything. Due to the problems I looked in the install script and found a reference to /src (which I guessed is appended to the main install dir /usr) and looked there too, but nothing is installed. There is no packages directory created. > > So I tried the same source rpm from a different mirror with the same > > result. > > > > So I removed those, downloaded the new 2.1.4a archive, unpacked it and > > ran the install script (which I had to interrupt and run a second time as > > root) which ran without showing an error and yet I still have no source > > installed. > > That is because it does not install the sources. The .tar.gz does not > contain the sources: it would more than double the size. The sources > are available as a separate download. > > Michael. According to the downloads page the .tar is one big file with "everything in 1 big package", or the other options are .rpm files. There is no tar for just the sources. I did extract the source tar from the source rpm, but I don't know where it should be installed. Previously fpcsrc was installed in /usr/share/fpcsrc, if that is now different, shouldn't a change such as this be documented? neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Sunday 10 June 2007 13:20, Daniël Mantione wrote: > Op Sun, 10 Jun 2007, schreef pineal: > > On Sunday 10 June 2007 10:15, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > I have spent the whole afternoon trying to install fpc. :( > > > > > > > > First I downloaded the .rpm files. The compiler and docs install fine > > > > but the source doesn't install anything and there is no error or > > > > warning. > > > > > > The source RPM installs an archive file in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES > > > you must unpack this archive yourself. This is standard behaviour for > > > RPM. > > > > No it doesn't. That's why I stated the source doesn't install anything. > > Due to the problems I looked in the install script and found a reference > > to /src (which I guessed is appended to the main install dir /usr) and > > looked there too, but nothing is installed. There is no packages > > directory created. > > /usr/src/packages/SOURCES should already exist. If it doesn't your system > uses a non standard RPM location; you will find the source in this non > standard location in such case. > > > > That is because it does not install the sources. The .tar.gz does not > > > contain the sources: it would more than double the size. The sources > > > are available as a separate download. > > > > > > Michael. > > > > According to the downloads page the .tar is one big file with "everything > > in 1 big package", or the other options are .rpm files. There is no tar > > for just the sources. > > On http://www.freepascal.org/download.var, there is a link to the sources > download, and yes, it is a tar. > > > I did extract the source tar from the source rpm, but I don't know where > > it should be installed. Previously fpcsrc was installed in > > /usr/share/fpcsrc, if that is now different, shouldn't a change such as > > this be documented? > > Install it wherever you like, the compiler doesn't look for the sources > during normal operation. I suggest $HOME/fpcsource. > > Daniël Hi Daniel, OK, I finally found the src tar mentioned and it contains everything by the looks of it, including an install script so I shall remove everything so far and try a fresh install from this. *But*, please note when I stated nothing was installed from the source rpm file, it did not get put somewhere else, *nothing* was installed! neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Sunday 10 June 2007 18:13, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > *But*, please note when I stated nothing was installed from the source > > rpm file, it did not get put somewhere else, *nothing* was installed! > > Nevertheless the package file is correct and contains the sources: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ftp/beta/2.1.4/i386-linux/rpm$ rpm -q -p > fpc-2.1.4-0.src.rpm > -l fpc-2.1.4-src.tar.gz > fpc-2.1.4.spec I agree the rpm does contain those. > > So either something went wrong when you installed it (disk space ?), No it didn't! Nothing went wrong, no error was reported and the package contents were not installed, anywhere. > , or > It was installed in a strange location. Sure, like someone else's computer. ;) > > Michael. Micheal, I'm not trying to have an argument or be funny, please just accept the fact that the rpm does not work on my system. neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Monday 11 June 2007 07:32, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, pineal wrote: > > On Sunday 10 June 2007 18:13, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > *But*, please note when I stated nothing was installed from the > > > > source rpm file, it did not get put somewhere else, *nothing* was > > > > installed! > > > > > > Nevertheless the package file is correct and contains the sources: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/ftp/beta/2.1.4/i386-linux/rpm$ rpm -q -p > > > fpc-2.1.4-0.src.rpm -l fpc-2.1.4-src.tar.gz > > > fpc-2.1.4.spec > > > > I agree the rpm does contain those. > > > > > So either something went wrong when you installed it (disk space ?), > > > > No it didn't! Nothing went wrong, no error was reported and the package > > contents were not installed, anywhere. > > > > > , or > > > It was installed in a strange location. > > > > Sure, like someone else's computer. ;) > > > > > Michael. > > > > Micheal, I'm not trying to have an argument or be funny, please just > > accept the fact that the rpm does not work on my system. > > Yes, of course: I'm just trying to analyse why it would not work ? > The rpm itself seems fine ? > > Michael. Hi Micheal, I now have everything installed and my Lazarus compiles with a GTK2 ide, Great! Alas my zeos components will not compile though. I have had another look at the source rpm and during the installation part, there are a couple of messages about "user 'Joost' (IIRC) is not available, using root." and there is one other user name with the same message. The install process completes and returns a successful completion code. If I then check the list of files installed, the two source files already named are both listed, but with a big question mark before their names *where the path name should be*, i.e. they went nowhere. hth neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
Re: [fpc-pascal] installing latest stable
On Monday 11 June 2007 10:46, Joost van der Sluis wrote: > > I did extract the source tar from the source rpm, but I don't know where > > it should be installed. Previously fpcsrc was installed in > > /usr/share/fpcsrc, if that is now different, shouldn't a change such as > > this be documented? > > You're confusing the RPM with the fpc-sources provided by Lazarus. > Normally there's no need for the sources, only Lazarus uses them. So the > Lazarus-team made a RPM with the fpc-sources in /usr/share/fpcsrc. This > rpm are also provided for several distributions, like Fedora. > > But those rpm's are not available on the freepascal-website, as they are > not provided by the fpc-team. > > Joost. OK, thanks for the clarification. neal. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
