On Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:39:08 +0100 (CET), Michael Van Canneyt <mich...@freepascal.org> wrote:
>> Will the new lazarus replace the older or will there be some version >> added to the symlinks? > >The new lazarus will replace the old. > OK, thanks! I started by installing fpc release 3.0.0 and following the make install for fpc I had to issue the symlink command to make it actually become the active version: sudo ln -sf /usr/local/lib/fpc/3.0.0/ppcarm /usr/local/bin/ppcarm Now I have 3 different fpc versions where 3.0.0 is the one responding to the fpc command on the terminal. If I execute "make bigide" inside the lazarus 1.6RC1 directory it will use fpc 3.0.0 to compile. Then I understand that "sudo make install" will replace the older lazarus with this new one, at least as the one on path. So now I would like to know how I can proceed to start this new lazarus without destroying the settings of the existing one? I once got a dialog when I installed a new (or really an older) version of lazarus where it asked about the fpc sources and such. I.e. it somehow sensed that there was a difference.... Do I copy the ~/.lazarus dir to a different name (like .lazarus_1.6RC1) and use the command line "startlazarus --pcp=~/.lazarus_1.6RC1"? Will this keep the path to the old fpc for the old lazarus or how is that best done? -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus