Using linux mint 17.1 Rebecca Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 24, 2015, at 16:26, brian <br...@meadows.pair.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:10:28 -0500, you wrote: > > Larry, > > Are you by any chance using the Debian version of Mint? It's a few > versions ago, but I had all kinds of weird problems with > Lazarus/FPC/LMDE, and after a few iterations with the LMDE users, I > switched to plain old Debian, and things have worked just fine since > then. > > If you're using the Ubuntu-based Mint, then forget all the above, that > used to work OK. > > Brian. > > >> I have tried to remove the default lazarus install with the following >> commands: sudo apt-get purge fpc lazarus >> sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/fpc sudo rm -Rf /usr/lib/lazarus sudo rm -Rf >> /usr/share/fpcsr sudo rm -f ~/.fpcsudo rm -Rf ~/.lazarus, then downloaded >> lazarus_1.4.2-0amd64.deb. Then I get the following output: >> dpkg: regarding fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb containing fpc, pre-dependency >> problem: fpc pre-depends on binutils dpkg: error processing archive >> fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb (--install): pre-dependency problem - not installing >> fpc (Reading database ... 220087 files and directories currently >> installed.) Preparing to unpack google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb ... >> Unpacking google-chrome-stable (43.0.2357.134-1) over (43.0.2357.134-1) ... >> Selecting previously unselected package lazarus. Preparing to unpack >> lazarus_1.4.2-0_amd64.deb ... Unpacking lazarus (1.4.2) ... Setting up >> google-chrome-stable (43.0.2357.134-1) ... dpkg: dependency problems >> prevent configuration of lazarus: lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | >> fp-compiler (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Version of >> fp-compiler on system is 2.6.2-8. lazarus depends on fpc-src (>= 2.6.4) | >> fpc-source (>= 2.6.4); however: Version of fpc-source on system is 2.6.2-8. >> lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | fp-ide (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc >> is not installed. Package fp-ide is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc >> (>= 2.6.4) | fp-units-base (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not >> installed. Package fp-units-base is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc >> (>= 2.6.4) | fp-units-db (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. >> Package fp-units-db is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | >> fp-units-fcl (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Package >> fp-units-fcl is not installed. lazarus depends on fpc (>= 2.6.4) | >> fp-units-fv (>= 2.6.4); however: Package fpc is not installed. Package >> fp-units-fv is not instal dpkg: error processing package lazarus >> (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers >> for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ... Processing triggers for >> desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db >> (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info >> (1.2-0ubuntu3) ... Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type >> in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media >> type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media >> type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media >> type in type 'uri/rtspu' Errors were encountered while processing: >> fpc_2.6.2-0_i386.deb lazarus >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys < >> mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>> On 2015-07-24 17:45, Larry Dalton wrote: >>>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> No idea, but may I suggest you rather download the *.tar file instead. >>> It is a console based installer created by the FPC team. I've used it >>> for years on Linux and FreeBSD, and never had any problems. I can also >>> install it to any directory (I normally choose $HOME/devel/fpc/), >>> instead if /usr/bin/ or /usr/local/bin/. >>> >>> Regards, >>> - Graeme - >>> >>> -- >>> fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal >>> http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Lazarus mailing list >>> Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org >>> http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus