lazbuild

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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

--build-ide=<options>

Compile the IDE (i.e. the lazarus executable). The list of installation packages is read from the config directory. The <options> are appended to the other IDE custom options. (With 0.9.30 and below the IDE profile custom options were replaced). It uses the selected profile in the IDE. You can use another profile with --build-mode (see below).

-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.

--build-mode=<project/ide build mode> or --bm=<project/ide build mode>

override the project build mode. With --build-ide= it selects the IDE build profile. (With 0.9.30 and below you can not select the IDE build profile)

--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.

--create-makefile

Instead of compile package create a simple Makefile. No support for build modes. Does not compile required packages.

.lpi and .lpk files

If you want to create .lpi and .lpk files it is recommended to use the Lazarus IDE. The files are simple xml and all settings can be edited via the IDE. There is no reason to edit them manually, except for very rare cases like renaming hundreds of files.