Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-15 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
Oh, I just remembered--I had a similar problem with CMake, where for everyone else the installer successfully modified PATH, but not on my machine. I use a lot of command line programs, all installed in different directories, so my PATH was too long for the CMake installer to modify. There was a C

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-15 Thread Bart
On 9/14/12, Andrew Pennebaker wrote: > I am using Windows 7 Professional x64. Which version are you using? > My Windows account has full Administrative privileges. I'm curious if the > installer neglects to explicitly request administrative privileges. IIRC UAC asked me for the administrator pa

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-14 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
> > Well, I just checked: > > http://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/trunk/install/fpc.ist?view=annotate&root=fpcbuild > around line 253 and further. > > It matches my experience. > > Maybe you are using Windows ME or older windows versions. I am using Windows 7 Professional x64. Which vers

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-14 Thread Vincent Snijders
2012/9/14 Andrew Pennebaker : >> It did work perfectly on my Win7 laptop. >> You might want to have"administrator privileges whilst installing >> (IIRC modifying the global PATH variable requires administrator >> privileges). > > > I do have administrator privileges, and the installer could be buil

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-14 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
> > It did work perfectly on my Win7 laptop. > You might want to have"administrator privileges whilst installing > (IIRC modifying the global PATH variable requires administrator > privileges). I do have administrator privileges, and the installer could be built to modify the user's PATH variable

Re: [fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-14 Thread Bart
On 9/14/12, Andrew Pennebaker wrote: > fpc.exe and related binaries are installed in C:\FPC\2.6.0\bin\i386-win32, > but the installer does not add this directory to the PATH environment > variable. Thus, opening a Command Prompt and typing "fpc" fails. It did work perfectly on my Win7 laptop. You

[fpc-pascal] Windows installer fails to add fpc binaries to PATH

2012-09-13 Thread Andrew Pennebaker
fpc.exe and related binaries are installed in C:\FPC\2.6.0\bin\i386-win32, but the installer does not add this directory to the PATH environment variable. Thus, opening a Command Prompt and typing "fpc" fails. For lack of a better install system, Advanced Installer