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tatamata · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 63

I have prepared Puppy linux PET package for Lazarus 0.9.30 + fpc 2.4.2 with cross-compiling to win32.
Download PET from here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/q_aktBSR/Lazarus-09300-fpc-242.html

Even Zeosdbo is preinstalled.

I would kindly ask maintainers of different Puppy PET repositories to upload the package. Thanks.

Free Pascal (FPC) is an open-source Pascal compiler with two notable features: a high degree of Delphi compatibility and availability on a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Free Pascal's compatibility with Delphi includes not only support for the same Object Pascal programming language that Delphi uses, but also for many of the same libraries of powerful routines and classes that Delphi is justly known for. This includes familiar units such as System, SysUtils, StrUtils, DateUtils, Classes, Variants, Math, IniFiles and Registry, which are included with Free Pascal on all supported platforms. Free Pascal also includes units such as Windows, ShellAPI, BaseUnix, Unix and DynLibs for accessing features specific to an operating system. These dozen or so units make up the core of what is usually referred to as the Free Pascal run-time library (RTL).

Lazarus is an open-source development system that builds on the Free Pascal compiler by adding an integrated development environment (IDE) that includes a syntax-highlighting code editor and visual form designer, as well as a component library that's highly compatible with Delphi's Visual Component Library (VCL). The Lazarus Component Library (LCL) includes equivalents for many of the familiar VCL controls such as forms, buttons, text boxes and so on that are used to create applications that have a graphical user interface (GUI).

Both Free Pascal and Lazarus are written in Pascal. Complete source code is available not only for the Free Pascal compiler and Lazarus IDE, but also for all units that make up the Free Pascal RTL and Lazarus LCL.

tatamata · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 63

pemasu uploaded the stripped version to his SnowPuppy PET repository here:
http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Pets/

dawg · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 116 Location: still here

Some people might want an SFS instead: http://www.smokey01.com/pemasu/Sfs/

dawg · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 116 Location: still here

One thing I find hilariously ridiculous about Lazarus, though, is that it compiles a 7.5 MB(!!) executable out of a very basic form. I don't know what's up with that, but it's a no-go...
Thanks a lot for the FPC, anyway, but for the said reason I wish it were 2 separate packages Wink

tatamata · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 63

dawg,

The size of executable is just metter of adjusting some compiling parameters under Projects/Project Options/Compiler Options:

/Code Generation --> switch on "Smart linkable -CX", switch on lever 3 optimizations, switch-off everything else
/Linking/Debugging --> switch-on "Strip symbols from executable -Xs", switch-off everything else
/Linking/Link Style -->switch-on "Link smart -XX"

...and magic will happen:)

dawg · Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Posts: 116 Location: still here

Thanks, tatamata, that did help, but just a little Smile

sternenstaub · Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Austria

I need help. I have load the .sfs and the devx.sfs.
I can open the ide. I can compile a form with objekts.
But i can not set an event in the Objektinspector (onClick).
When i click on an event the following error occurs.
/usr/share/fpcsrc/2.4.2/rtl/inc/varianth.inc(224,10) Error: = expected, but := found

Please help me - thanks!

panoss · Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 198

I have installed Lazarus (Lazarus-0.9.30.0-fpc-2.4.2.pet) in puppy 528.

But, when I start it, shows me the message:
Package file not found.
The package "zcomponent" is installed, but no valid package file (.lpk) was found.
A broken dummy package was created.

I press 'OK', Lazarus starts. I press F9 (run) and another message appears:
project1.lpr(19,1) Error: Util ld not found, switching to external linking
project1.lpr(19,1) Fatal: There were 1 errors compiling module, stopping

What should I do to fix it?

panoss · Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 198

I opened package zcomponent.lpk (/root/.usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.30/components/zeosdbo/packages/lazarus/zcomponent.lpk) and the message is gone!
That's GOOOOOD!
BUT, the other message still appears when I try to run any application.
"project1.lpr(19,1) Error: Util ld not found, switching to external linking".
Lazarus gets on my nervesss!! Evil or Very Mad

panoss · Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 198

I found here tha I have to install binutils. Which means I have to install devx_xxx.sfs file.
Where shall I find the apropriate devx_xxx.sfs file (something like devx_528.sfs) for my installation? (I have puppy 528).

panoss · Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 198

I found the file here.
Downloaded it, and moved it in my puppy directory (/puppy528).
Then I loaded it with Menu->Setup->Setup puppy->SFS-Load-on-the-fly.
AND LAZARUS RUNS! FINALLY!!!!
(nice thread, I answered to myself )

sternenstaub · Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 6 Location: Austria

Hallo Panoss!

and can you set an event in the Objektinspector without an error?

tatamata · Joined: 02 May 2010 Posts: 63

Yes, it seems that after installing the pet, one should open zeosdbo package and recompile Lazarus. Then everything should work just fine.

panoss · Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 198

panoss · Joined: 31 Oct 2011 Posts: 198