Hi,
Note any comments in capitals are instruction for you not the computer.
LAZARUS 1.0.6 EASY INSTALL FOR RASPBIAN WHEEZY
I have finally managed to master making a binary distribution package using dpkg for lazarus version 1.0.6. The package is lazrpi.deb it is for Raspian wheezy. What it does is that it will install Lazarus version 1.0.6 to a raspberry pi computer in /usr/share/lazarus.
Note this is an unofficial binary distribution for the raspberry pi of lazarus version 1.0.6 and fpc source version 2.6.0.
Please install this package to a freshly flashed sd card for testing do not install on an SD card with a prior version of lazarus on it. I haven't tried to install the package on a 256 MB raspberry pi as I broke the SD card on my 256 MB pi.
PLEASE TEST AND COMMENT - WARNING WORK WITH A FRESH DISTRO!
I CAN TAKE NO RESPOSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE OR DATA LOSS (ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY).
DOWNLOAD THE FILE FROM
http://www.filedropper.com/lazrpi
Note the following link will remain indefinetly while people are downloading the file, and it will vanish if no one downloads the file for 30 days
The file is approximately 128 MB in size
MD5 E8637D3A863F4FF09286CBE20A34B39E lazrpi.deb
To install make sure fpc is installed first. The internal package name is rpi-lazarus.
You may upload and seed this file on BitTorrent if you wish or copy to a different distribution system, please distribute these instructions with the package.
The package installs lazarus to /usr/share/lazarus
it creates a group call lazpi. It should create a link in the Programming menu.
Start lazarus set the source code directory to /usr/share/lazarus/fpc/2.6.0 in the dialog when lazarus first starts.
sudo bash
apt-get install fpc
dpkg -i lazrpi.deb
ADD USERS manually to lazpi group
adduser root lazpi
adduser pi lazpi
#EXCETERA, EXCETERA
exit
LOG OUT AND THEN LOG BACK IN AGAIN TO REFRESH OWNERSHIP RIGHTS
To remove the package type
WARNING MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED UP ANY IMPORTANT FILES BEFORE CONTINUING
sudo bash
dpkg -r rpi-lazarus
YOU MAY NEED TO CLEAN UP AND REMOVE
/usr/share/lazarus if you compiled or wrote files in any of the directories in the lazarus directory
to do this
sudo bash
cd /usr/share/lazarus
rm * -r
cd ..
rmdir lazarus
TO DELETE THE lazpi GROUP DO THE FOLLOWING
deluser pi lazpi
deluser root lazpi
#EXCETERA EXCETERA
groupdel lazpi
Good luck I hope this helps if you are struggling to install lazarus 1.0.6 using subversion.
PS I have started work on a web site for lazarus on the raspberry pi. It is a site containing useful links and embed web pages from other sites that might be useful for beginners.
Jack Taylor