lazbuild

lazbuild is a command line utility to compile Lazarus projects and packages.

Synopsis

lazbuild [options] filename...

Description

lazbuild builds a Lazarus project or package. It compiles projects (.lpi) and packages (.lpk). It checks and automatically compiles required packages.

Usage

lazbuild is a command-line tool that builds Lazarus projects and packages. It checks recursively all dependencies and compiles needed packages first. It uses the Free Pascal compiler (fpc) to compile.

Options

-h or --help

write the list of options.

-B or --build-all

build all files of project/package. Normally the compiler only compiles the main source and all sources with a newer date.

-r or --recursive

apply build flags (-B) to dependencies too.

-d or --skip-dependencies

do not compile dependencies

-v or --version

show version and exit

--primary-config-path=<path> or --pcp=<path>

primary config directory, where Lazarus stores its config files. Default is $HOME/.lazarus

--secondary-config-path=<path> or --scp=<path>

secondary config directory, where Lazarus searches for config template files. Default is /etc/lazarus

--operating-system=<operating-system> or --os=<operating-system>

override the project operating system. e.g. win32 or linux.

--widgetset=<widgetset> or --ws=<widgetset>

override the project widgetset. e.g. gtk, gtk2, qt, win32, or carbon.

--cpu=<cpu>

override the project cpu. e.g. i386, x86_64, powerpc, powerpc_64 etc.

--compiler=<ppcXXX>

override the default compiler. e.g. ppc386, ppcx64, ppcppc etc.

--language=<language>

override language. For example --language=de. For possible values see files in the lazarus/languages directory.

.lpi and .lpk files

The .lpi and .lpk files are best created and edited with the Lazarus IDE. The files are in xml. There is no reason to edit them manually, except for very rare cases like renaming hundreds of files.