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{{Getting Lazarus}}
 
{{Getting Lazarus}}
  
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== Downloading releases ==
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==Download and install Lazarus release version==
  
 
=== From SourceForge ===
 
=== From SourceForge ===
  
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Binary releases for various platforms are also available via the [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89339 Lazarus Sourceforge download area].
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Binary releases for various platforms are available via the [https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/ Lazarus Sourceforge download area].
  
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=== Getting Lazarus from our Ubuntu repository ===
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For people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from Sourceforge are mirrored at:
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*ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/lazarus/releases/
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*and later at (after some time for synchronization) http://michael-ep3.physik.uni-halle.de/Lazarus/releases/
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*and http://mirrors.iwi.me/lazarus/
  
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On www.hu.freepascal.org there is a Ubuntu repository with Lazarus and FPC debs.
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=== Specific for platform ===
  
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==== Short version: get Lazarus ====
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Get Lazarus for Windows - use the Sourceforge link above.
  
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In the sections that follow, there's a complete list of the commands you need to type at the console to download and install Lazarus on an Ubuntu system. If you're impatient, this section will just give you what you need to get it installed without going through every part of the process line by line.
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[[ReactOS|Get Lazarus for ReactOS]]
  
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Select and copy the following script, and save it as a file in your home directory named '''getlaz''':
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[[Lazarus release version for Ubuntu|Get Lazarus for Ubuntu]]
  
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  <nowiki>#!/bin/sh</nowiki>
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[[Install_on_Fedora|Get Lazarus for Fedora]]
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  <nowiki>gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 --recv-keys 6A11800F</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>gpg --export 6A11800F | apt-key add -</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>echo "deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-stable universe" \</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>    >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lazarus.list</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>apt-get update</nowiki>
 
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  <nowiki>apt-get install lazarus</nowiki>
 
  
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At the shell prompt, type this to prepare the script for execution, and to execute it (you can copy these lines and paste them into your shell using Shift+Insert):
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[[Lazarus release version for Suse|Get Lazarus for Suse]]
  
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  <nowiki>chmod +x getlaz</nowiki>
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[[Scientific Linux|Get Lazarus for Scientific Linux]]
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  <nowiki>sudo ./getlaz</nowiki>
 
  
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The process will download around 100Mb of data from the Lazarus repository and the standard ones.  It will take at least five minutes, even with a fast connection.  Any time it stops to ask for confirmation of any step, answer "Y" for yes.
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[[Lazarus on Raspberry Pi|Get Lazarus for Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)]]
  
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When it finishes and returns to the shell prompt, you're set.  Look in the "Development" section of your Ubuntu menu; Lazarus will be there and functional.
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[[Installing Lazarus on macOS|Get Lazarus for Mac]]
  
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[[Lazarus on Solaris]]
  
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Now, for completists, here's the same instruction step by step.  You can ignore it if you followed the above instructions successfully.  Please remember to come back to the wiki and put in any tested, reliable changes that might clarify this section!
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== Getting a Git client ==
  
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==== Add the key ====
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=== TortoiseGit client ===
  
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Download the key from the public key server:
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TortoiseGit Client is for Windows only. You may download it from https://tortoisegit.org/
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  gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu:11371 --recv-keys 6A11800F
 
  
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Add it to the apt system:
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=== Git for Windows ===
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  gpg --export 6A11800F | sudo apt-key add -
 
  
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You can see the list of apt keys with:
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Command line clients:
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  sudo apt-key list
 
  
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==== Add the repository ====
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https://gitforwindows.org/
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https://git-scm.com/download/win
  
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You can use synaptic for this or edit the /etc/apt/sources.list directly. For the stable repository, add the line:
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=== Other clients ===
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  <nowiki>deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-stable universe</nowiki>
 
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Or using a console app. do:
 
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  <nowiki>echo "deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-stable universe">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lazarus.list</nowiki>
 
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For the testing repository:
 
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  <nowiki>deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-testing universe</nowiki>
 
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Or similarly, using a console app. do:
 
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  <nowiki>echo "deb http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/ lazarus-testing universe">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/lazarus.list</nowiki>
 
  
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==== Install Lazarus ====
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A GIT command line client is available from https://git-scm.com/downloads for many platforms.
  
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Now You can install Lazarus with apt:
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On Linux, it is recommended to install ''git'' using the package management system offered by your distribution. For example:
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  <nowiki>apt-get update; apt-get install lazarus</nowiki>
 
  
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=== Installing Lazarus on Fedora ===
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sudo apt-get install git
  
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Lazarus is part of the standard Fedora-repositories since Fedora version 9. You can install it using the command-line ('yum install lazarus') or by using the 'add/remove software' wizard. If you want to install Lazarus during the installation of Fedora, you have to enable the additional repositories during install.
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==Getting Lazarus from the GitLab server==
  
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Once installed you can find Lazarus in the 'Applications/Programming' menu.
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===Development version of Lazarus===
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To get Lazarus for the first time, using command line:
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  <nowiki>git clone https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus.git lazarus</nowiki>
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A new directory "lazarus" is then created under the current directory.
  
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Note that if you want to develop gtk2 applications, you also have to install 'gtk2-devel'.
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===Fixes branch of latest Lazarus release===
  
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== Development versions from SVN ==
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Change into the directory created by the above '''git clone''' command and run
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=== Getting SVN ===
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  <nowiki>git switch  fixes_2_2</nowiki>
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You may download a SVN Client for Windows in http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
 
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A SVN command line client is available from the official SVN [http://subversion.tigris.org/ website] for many platforms.
 
  
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On Linux, it is recomended to use the package management system offered by your distribution to install subversion.
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Amending the name of the branch according to what fixes version you want.
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Get a list with
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  <nowiki>git branch --all</nowiki>
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The output will contain lines similar to
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  <nowiki>remote/origin/fixes_2_2</nowiki>
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The name of the branch is just the last part.
  
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=== Using SVN ===
 
  
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==== Using the command line ====
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===Update the sources later===
  
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To get Lazarus for the first time:
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Open a terminal/command prompt, change to the lazarus directory and type:
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  git switch main
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  git pull
  
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Open a terminal/command prompt, change to the directory you wish the Lazarus folder to be created in and type:
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instead of main, you may want to specify a fixes branch.
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  <nowiki>svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus</nowiki>
 
  
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To update Lazarus sources:
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For compiling see [[#Compiling_and_running_Lazarus|this]].
  
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Open a terminal/command prompt, change to the lazarus directory and type:
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==Scripts==
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  svn update
 
  
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==== Alternative URLs ====
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There are scripts for Windows and Linux to automate downloading and building Lazarus: [[LazarusScripts|Scripts for Lazarus]]
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Sometimes the URL of repository given above does not work, because between the svn server there is a http-proxy server. That server usually claims to be a 'transparent' proxy, but still doesn't pass your svn commands correctly to the svn.freepascal.org server.
 
  
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The svn.freepascal.org server also listens on port 8080. Maybe the proxy doesn't interfere with http trafic on that port, so you can try:
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==Compiling and running Lazarus==
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<nowiki>svn co http://svn.freepascal.org:8080/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus</nowiki>
 
  
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The Lazarus svn repostory is mirrored on sourceforge with a delay of 15 minutes using [[fpsvnsync]]. The sourceforge repository uses the https protocol. Proxy servers usually don't interfere with that protocol. You can check out form sourceforge using the following command
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See [[Installing Lazarus]] - a detailed installation guide.
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<nowiki>svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lazarus/trunk lazarus</nowiki>
 
  
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The FPC and Lazarus svn repostories are also mirrored to svn2.freepascal.org. You can check out from svn2.freepascal.org with
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===Using the command-line===
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<nowiki>svn co http://svn2.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus</nowiki>
 
  
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If you own the proxy server, or are friends with the person who does, there are details of setting up a proxy to pass svn commands here: http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#proxy This contains an example for squid. Remember to set up the client to use the proxy !  (For TortoiseSVN, see settings/network)
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Lazarus is shipped with an autogenerated '''Makefile''' (of the name "Makefile") for the gnu "'''make'''" utility.
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{{Warning|If you also have Embarcadero (or Borland) tools installed, their "make" might conflict with gnu "make". In that case you can either delete or rename the conflicting Embarcadero binary, or remove its directory from Windows PATH, or set the path in the console before calling ''make'':
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<pre>
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set path=c:\pascal\3.2.0\bin\i386-win32;%path%
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</pre>
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}}
  
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==== Using TortoiseSVN for Windows ====
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{{Warning|"make" may also fail, if you have a shell (such as sh.exe) in your path. It depends on how this shell interprets quotes and backslashes.
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TortoiseSVN integrates itself with Windows Explorer. After installation, all commands are available from inside Windows Explorer through right-clicking on a directory or file.
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}}
  
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Check out a working copy using TortoiseSVN, go to Run and paste the command below:
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'''make''' allows you to compile Lazarus from command-line easily. You need to have fpc and fpc-packages installed and configured first.
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<nowiki>tsvn:http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk</nowiki>
 
  
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To get Lazarus for the first time:
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To compile go to Lazarus directory in your terminal and type
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  '''make'''
  
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* Open Windows Explorer
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This should rebuild LCL and Lazarus IDE with basic packages installed.  
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* Create a directory where you want to put the files from the SVN server
 
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* Right click on the newly created directory
 
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* Select ''SVN Checkout...'' on the popup menu
 
  
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[[Image:TortoiseSVN_Main_Menu.png]]
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Another useful command is
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  '''make bigide'''
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which adds the same packages that the release version has.
  
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* In the next dialog you enter the URL for Lazarus server source:
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Then you can run Lazarus from within the same source directory with command "lazarus" (in Unix systems "./lazarus").
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<nowiki>http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk</nowiki>
 
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* Watch how TortoiseSVN imports the file tree from the server. This can take some time to complete.
 
  
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In case you want to run several versions, you can direct lazarus to use use specific configuration directories via the --pcp option, e.g. :
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lazarus --pcp=/home/YOU/myLaz19
  
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To update Lazarus sources:
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===Make targets===
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====make help====
  
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* Open Windows Explorer
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To see a list of available targets for '''''make''''' type [[make help]]. Note: "'''make help'''" exists since 1.0. Here is the output of "'''make help'''":
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* Right click on the source directory
 
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* Select ''SVN Update'' on the popup menu
 
  
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[[Image:TortoiseSVN_Main_Menu_Update.png]]
 
  
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==== Scripts ====
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<syntaxhighlight  lang="bash">
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make help
  
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[[user:Lightning|Lightning]]:
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Main targets
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Here is a windows batch script that takes care of checking out and updating '''Lazarus''' from '''SVN''' to a subdirectory and even basic error fixing, because i have no way of knowing where Lazarus is installed it cannot compile or copy the files to your working Lazarus instalation.
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                  Without any target, target 'all' will be invoked.
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Please save the script as '''getlaz.bat''' or some other name, however there is no warranty of any kind, use at your own risk, put it in a test directory first and make sure there is no subdirectory already called '''lazarus'''.
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  all            build all needed, i.e. minimal IDE, lazbuild, startlazarus.
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  clean          deletes files that 'bigide' creates. It does not clean up all possible
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                  targets. Clean other target: make clean LCL_PLATFORM=qt
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  distclean      Clean all targets and common leftovers.
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  lazbuild      build lazbuild and lcl with nogui widgetset
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  bigide        as all, except that the IDE is built with a lot of extra packages
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  useride        calls lazbuild to build an IDE with your active profile, requires lazbuild
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  install        installs Lazarus under /usr/local/share/lazarus
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                  You can change the directory by appending INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/path
  
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  @echo off
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  Sub targets
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REM Script for checkout and update Lazarus from SVN
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  registration  build package FCL
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echo.
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  lazutils      build package LazUtils, requires registration
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  codetools      build package CodeTools, requires lazutils
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REM Check if lazarus directory exists to update or checkout first
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  lcl            build package LCLBase and LCL, requires lazutils
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if exist lazarus (
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  tools          build lazres, svn2revisioninc, updatepofiles, lrstolfm,
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echo Updating Lazarus, please wait ...
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                  requires LCL with nogui widgetset
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cd lazarus
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  basecomponents build debuggerintf, lazdebuggergdbmi, lazcontrols, synedit, ideintf
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svn update
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                  for the LCL_PLATFORM, requires lcl
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if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 goto CleanupLaz
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  bigidecomponents build many extra packages for the LCL_PLATFORM, requires basecomponents
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cd ..
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  lhelp          build lhelp, requires bigidecomponents
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goto Exit
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  starter        build startlazarus, requires basecomponents
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  )
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  examples      build basic examples, requires basecomponents                                                                                                       
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                  Note: There are more examples having their own directory                                                                                           
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echo Checking out Lazarus for the first time, this might take a while ...
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svn checkout http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus
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  Flags:                                                                                                                                                               
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  goto Exit
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  PP=/path/to/fpc        use another compiler                                                                                                                       
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  USESVN2REVISIONINC=0  do not update ide/revision.inc                                                                                                             
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  :CleanupLaz
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  INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr    used by 'install' as path prefix                                                                                                           
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  echo.
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  FPC_DIR=/usr/share/fpcsrc/3.0.4  used by fpcmake when regenerating Makefiles                                                                                     
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  echo Something went wrong, trying to fix any problems if possible  ...
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  OPT='-vwnbq -gh'      append these options when calling the compiler                                                                                             
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  svn cleanup
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  if %errorlevel% NEQ 0 (
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  Usage examples:                                                                                                                                                     
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cd ..
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echo.
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  Update svn and build a minimal IDE, startlazarus and lazbuild:                                                                                                    
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echo Cleanup Failed ! Please check or delete/move/rename the lazarus subdirectory ...
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  make clean                                                                                                                                                         
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goto Exit
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  svn up                                                                                                                                                             
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  )
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  make clean all                                                                                                                                                     
−
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cd ..
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  Note: You can start lazarus with 'startlazarus'                                                                                                                     
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echo.
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  Note: Use the IDE or lazbuild to compile your projects/packages.                                                                                                    
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echo Cleanup complete please run the script again.
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:Exit
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  Update svn and build an IDE with your last set of packages:                                                                                                       
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  make clean                                                                                                                                                         
 +
  svn up                                                                                                                                                             
 +
  make clean lazbuild useride                                                                                                                                       
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 +
  Clean up:                                                                                                                                                           
 +
  There is no command to clean up a svn repository completely, but                                                                                                   
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  you can use the following command under Linux/OS X:                                                                                                                 
 +
  svn status | grep '\?' | sed -e 's/\? *//' | xargs rm -r                                                                                                           
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  Another possibility is to create a clean copy via the svn export command.                                                                                          
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 +
  Install:                                                                                                                                                             
 +
  Note: You can use Lazarus without installing. Just start the lazarus executable.                                                                                   
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  1. Build Lazarus as normal user with one of the above commands.                                                                                                    
 +
  2. Install as root into /usr                                                                                                                                       
 +
          sudo make install
 +
      This installs startlazarus, lazarus-ide, lazbuild under /usr/bin
 +
      and copies the whole lazarus source directory to /usr/share/lazarus
  
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
−
[[user:Matthijs|Matthijs]]:
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===Make parameters===
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In Linux I use a script (it is not very sophisticated, but does the trick) to download the latest SVN-version for Lazarus. Before I copy it here I'll explain my system.
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There are additional parameters which can be used to '''make''' Lazarus. See a fully working example above.
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In my home-directory I have a special cvsroot-directory. In this directory I have a script for downloading Lazarus and other interesting projects. Lazarus is installed in /usr/share/lazarus. Before building a new version from SVN I make a backup, just in case the current svn is unstable. This is done by moving the /usr/share/lazarus directory to /usr/share/lazarus.bu
 
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To adapt the script to your system you only need to alter the constants defined at the start of the script.
 
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But without further ado, here is the script. But (big but) it is given without any guarantee. :) If things break you are on your own.
 
  
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#!/bin/bash
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* '''OPT'''=%compiler_switches
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the %compiler_switches is passed to each fpc call. The option is useful for specifying defines
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# before you can use this script you have to checkout all files
 
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# so first do a
 
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# svn checkout http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus
 
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#Define some directories
 
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BASEDIR=/usr/share/
 
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LAZCVSDIR=~/cvsroot/lazarus/
 
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LAZDIR=/usr/share/lazarus/
 
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LAZBACKUP=/usr/share/lazarus.bu
 
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#Remove old backup if it exists
 
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date +"%T %tStart"
 
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if [ -d $LAZBACKUP ]
 
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then
 
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  date +"%T %tRemoving old backup"
 
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  rm $LAZBACKUP -fr
 
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else
 
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  date +"%T %tNo backup to remove"
 
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fi
 
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date +"%T %tCreating copy of lazarus dir"
 
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cp -R $LAZDIR $LAZBACKUP
 
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#Getting stuff from svn
 
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date +"%T %tUpdate lazarus"
 
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svn update lazarus > ~/cvs_update.log
 
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#Copying cvs-files to our laz dir.
 
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date +"%T %tcopying files"
 
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cp -Rf $LAZCVSDIR $BASEDIR --reply=yes
 
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#Make and building of lazarus
 
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date +"%T %tmake lazarus"
 
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cd $LAZDIR
 
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make > /dev/null
 
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date +"%T %tmake the packages"
 
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make idepkg > /dev/null
 
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date +"%T %tFinished"
 
  
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=== Installing the compiler ===
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For example:
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  make bigide OPT="-dNoGdkPixBufLib -gw2"
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makes LCL and ide with NoGdkPixBufLib defined and dwarf2 debug info.
  
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[[user:Jouke|Jouke]]: If you are starting from scratch with the above, you won't have the FPC compiler installed. In other words the compiler is not included in the Lazarus SVN. It is possible to use a SVN version of FPC also, but generally it is better to use the latest stable release (at this moment v2.0.4). In my opinion it is preferable to try to rebuild the directory structure of a standard Lazarus install. Here is how I installed it (on WinXP):
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* '''LCL_PLATFORM'''=%platform
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%platform is the target [[Widgetset|widgetset]]. It can be win32,wince,gtk,gtk2,qt,carbon,cocoa,customdrawn.
  
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* Download the binary for your system from this page: http://www.freepascal.org/download.html.
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For example:
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* Also download the source code from the same page.
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  make LCL_PLATFORM=gtk2
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* Install the binaries by running a 'full install' and accepting all defaults.
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Rebuilds LCL and IDE for gtk2 widgetset
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* Unpack the source files to the same directory as the binaries (c:\fpc\2.0.4\).
 
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* In your base Lazarus directory, create two new directories: 'pp' and 'fpcsrc'.
 
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* From the fpc directory c:\fpc\2.0.4\, select the directories 'bin, 'msg' and 'units' and copy them completely into the 'pp' directory you just created.
 
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* From the fpc source directory c:\fpc\2.0.4\fpc\, select the directories 'fcl', 'rtl' and 'packages'. Copy these three directories to the directory 'fpcsrc'.
 
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* While leaving out all directories which were already there and also leaving out the underlying directories, the Lazarus tree should now look like this:
 
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  C:\Lazarus\pp\bin
 
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                \msg
 
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                \units
 
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            \fpcsrc\fcl
 
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                    \packages
 
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                    \rtl
 
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* If you want, you can now delete the fpc sources and uninstall the fpc binaries.
 
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* Make sure the new path to the ppc386 executable is in your environment.
 
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* From the C:\lazarus\tools\install\win32 directory copy the file 'samplefpc.cfg' to the C:\lazarus\pp\bin\i386-win32 directory and rename it to fpc.cfg (first delete/rename the old fpc version).
 
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* Edit this file and replace all occurencies of '$1' by 'C:\lazarus\pp'.
 
  
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That's it. You should now be able to make Lazarus and start using it!
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* '''FPC'''=%compiler_path
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or
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* '''PP'''=%compiler_path
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%compiler_path is the path+filename to a custom compiler binary you want to build the target with.
  
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== Daily Snapshot method ==
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such as:
  
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If you don't want to use svn directly, you can try a daily snapshot. For a list of mirrors see the [[Lazarus Snapshots Downloads]] page.
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make FPC="~/Pfad/fpc"
  
 
==Browse the Source Repository with a Web Browser==
 
==Browse the Source Repository with a Web Browser==
  
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The contents of the SVN archive can also be browsed with your web-browser through [http://www.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/?root=lazarus this viewcvs] interface.
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The contents of the GIT repro can also be browsed with your web-browser through [https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/tree/main interface].
  
 
==Lazarus Distributions==
 
==Lazarus Distributions==
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There are some unofficial sites where you can find Lazarus and Free Pascal too:
 
There are some unofficial sites where you can find Lazarus and Free Pascal too:
  
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*You can get a Ubuntu LiveCD from Austrian University of Applied Sciences hosting  
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*[http://newpascal.org NewPascal] is a curated distribution for Windows, which doesn't require an installer and implements some new features. (Is very out-of-date)
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http://www.sigma-server.com/liveCD/Ubuntu-7.10-NTC-Lazarus.iso
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*The [http://www.getlazarus.org getlazarus] distribution bundles cutting-edge versions of Lazarus with easy-to-use setup scripts for several platforms and additional components.
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and md5sum file is here http://www.sigma-server.com/liveCD/Ubuntu-7.10-NTC-Lazarus.iso.md5.
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*[https://freesparta.com/ FreeSparta] is a commercial distribution of Lazarus for Windows.
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*You can get a Ubuntu LiveCD from Austrian University of Applied Sciences hosting http://www.sigma-server.com/liveCD/Ubuntu-7.10-NTC-Lazarus.iso and md5sum file is here http://www.sigma-server.com/liveCD/Ubuntu-7.10-NTC-Lazarus.iso.md5.
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*The [http://www.pilotlogic.com CodeTyphon] distribution bundles Lazarus with additional packages and components.
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*[https://github.com/x2nie/LiteZarus LiteZarus] is a Lazarus distro intended for designing creating non-LCL projects.
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*Lazarus is available on CDs and USB sticks from the [http://www.blaisepascal.eu Blaise Pascal Magazine] store.
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== See also ==
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* [http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,36347.msg242123.html#msg242123 Forum: Explanation of trunk installation in Windows]
  
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==Original contributors and changes==
 
  
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This page has been converted from the epikwiki [http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/index.php?wiki=GettingLazarus version].
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[[Category:Lazarus]]
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[[Category:Install]]

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Download and install Lazarus release version

From SourceForge

Binary releases for various platforms are available via the Lazarus Sourceforge download area.

For people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from Sourceforge are mirrored at:

Specific for platform

Get Lazarus for Windows - use the Sourceforge link above.

Get Lazarus for ReactOS

Get Lazarus for Ubuntu

Get Lazarus for Fedora

Get Lazarus for Suse

Get Lazarus for Scientific Linux

Get Lazarus for Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)

Get Lazarus for Mac

Lazarus on Solaris

Getting a Git client

TortoiseGit client

TortoiseGit Client is for Windows only. You may download it from https://tortoisegit.org/

Git for Windows

Command line clients:

https://gitforwindows.org/ https://git-scm.com/download/win

Other clients

A GIT command line client is available from https://git-scm.com/downloads for many platforms.

On Linux, it is recommended to install git using the package management system offered by your distribution. For example: 

sudo apt-get install git

Getting Lazarus from the GitLab server

Development version of Lazarus

To get Lazarus for the first time, using command line: 

 git clone https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus.git lazarus

A new directory "lazarus" is then created under the current directory.

Fixes branch of latest Lazarus release

Change into the directory created by the above git clone command and run 

 git switch  fixes_2_2

Amending the name of the branch according to what fixes version you want. Get a list with 

 git branch --all

The output will contain lines similar to 

 remote/origin/fixes_2_2

The name of the branch is just the last part.


Update the sources later

Open a terminal/command prompt, change to the lazarus directory and type: 

 git switch main
 git pull

instead of main, you may want to specify a fixes branch.

For compiling see this.

Scripts

There are scripts for Windows and Linux to automate downloading and building Lazarus: Scripts for Lazarus

Compiling and running Lazarus

See Installing Lazarus - a detailed installation guide.

Using the command-line

Lazarus is shipped with an autogenerated Makefile (of the name "Makefile") for the gnu "make" utility.

Warning-icon.png

Warning: If you also have Embarcadero (or Borland) tools installed, their "make" might conflict with gnu "make". In that case you can either delete or rename the conflicting Embarcadero binary, or remove its directory from Windows PATH, or set the path in the console before calling make: 

 set path=c:\pascal\3.2.0\bin\i386-win32;%path%

Warning-icon.png

Warning: "make" may also fail, if you have a shell (such as sh.exe) in your path. It depends on how this shell interprets quotes and backslashes.

make allows you to compile Lazarus from command-line easily. You need to have fpc and fpc-packages installed and configured first.

To compile go to Lazarus directory in your terminal and type 

 make

This should rebuild LCL and Lazarus IDE with basic packages installed.

Another useful command is 

 make bigide

which adds the same packages that the release version has.

Then you can run Lazarus from within the same source directory with command "lazarus" (in Unix systems "./lazarus").

In case you want to run several versions, you can direct lazarus to use use specific configuration directories via the --pcp option, e.g. : 

lazarus --pcp=/home/YOU/myLaz19

Make targets

make help

To see a list of available targets for make type make help. Note: "make help" exists since 1.0. Here is the output of "make help": 


 
make help 

 Main targets
                  Without any target, target 'all' will be invoked.
   all            build all needed, i.e. minimal IDE, lazbuild, startlazarus.
   clean          deletes files that 'bigide' creates. It does not clean up all possible
                  targets. Clean other target: make clean LCL_PLATFORM=qt
   distclean      Clean all targets and common leftovers.
   lazbuild       build lazbuild and lcl with nogui widgetset
   bigide         as all, except that the IDE is built with a lot of extra packages
   useride        calls lazbuild to build an IDE with your active profile, requires lazbuild
   install        installs Lazarus under /usr/local/share/lazarus
                  You can change the directory by appending INSTALL_PREFIX=/some/path

 Sub targets
   registration   build package FCL
   lazutils       build package LazUtils, requires registration
   codetools      build package CodeTools, requires lazutils
   lcl            build package LCLBase and LCL, requires lazutils
   tools          build lazres, svn2revisioninc, updatepofiles, lrstolfm,
                  requires LCL with nogui widgetset
   basecomponents build debuggerintf, lazdebuggergdbmi, lazcontrols, synedit, ideintf
                  for the LCL_PLATFORM, requires lcl
   bigidecomponents build many extra packages for the LCL_PLATFORM, requires basecomponents
   lhelp          build lhelp, requires bigidecomponents
   starter        build startlazarus, requires basecomponents
   examples       build basic examples, requires basecomponents                                                                                                        
                  Note: There are more examples having their own directory                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Flags:                                                                                                                                                                
   PP=/path/to/fpc        use another compiler                                                                                                                         
   USESVN2REVISIONINC=0   do not update ide/revision.inc                                                                                                               
   INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr    used by 'install' as path prefix                                                                                                             
   FPC_DIR=/usr/share/fpcsrc/3.0.4   used by fpcmake when regenerating Makefiles                                                                                       
   OPT='-vwnbq -gh'       append these options when calling the compiler                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Usage examples:                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Update svn and build a minimal IDE, startlazarus and lazbuild:                                                                                                      
   make clean                                                                                                                                                          
   svn up                                                                                                                                                               
   make clean all                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Note: You can start lazarus with 'startlazarus'                                                                                                                       
 Note: Use the IDE or lazbuild to compile your projects/packages.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Update svn and build an IDE with your last set of packages:                                                                                                         
   make clean                                                                                                                                                          
   svn up                                                                                                                                                              
   make clean lazbuild useride                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Clean up:                                                                                                                                                             
  There is no command to clean up a svn repository completely, but                                                                                                     
  you can use the following command under Linux/OS X:                                                                                                                  
  svn status | grep '\?' | sed -e 's/\? *//' | xargs rm -r                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                       
  Another possibility is to create a clean copy via the svn export command.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Install:                                                                                                                                                              
   Note: You can use Lazarus without installing. Just start the lazarus executable.                                                                                    
   1. Build Lazarus as normal user with one of the above commands.                                                                                                     
   2. Install as root into /usr                                                                                                                                        
          sudo make install
      This installs startlazarus, lazarus-ide, lazbuild under /usr/bin
      and copies the whole lazarus source directory to /usr/share/lazarus

Make parameters

There are additional parameters which can be used to make Lazarus. See a fully working example above.

  • OPT=%compiler_switches

the %compiler_switches is passed to each fpc call. The option is useful for specifying defines

For example: 

 make bigide OPT="-dNoGdkPixBufLib -gw2"

makes LCL and ide with NoGdkPixBufLib defined and dwarf2 debug info.

  • LCL_PLATFORM=%platform

%platform is the target widgetset. It can be win32,wince,gtk,gtk2,qt,carbon,cocoa,customdrawn.

For example: 

 make LCL_PLATFORM=gtk2

Rebuilds LCL and IDE for gtk2 widgetset

  • FPC=%compiler_path

or

  • PP=%compiler_path

%compiler_path is the path+filename to a custom compiler binary you want to build the target with.

such as: 

make FPC="~/Pfad/fpc"

Browse the Source Repository with a Web Browser

The contents of the GIT repro can also be browsed with your web-browser through interface.

Lazarus Distributions

There are some unofficial sites where you can find Lazarus and Free Pascal too:

See also

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