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{{Getting Lazarus}}
 
{{Getting Lazarus}}
  
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== Download and install release version of Lazarus ==
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==Download and install Lazarus release version==
  
 
=== From SourceForge ===
 
=== From SourceForge ===
  
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Binary releases for various platforms are 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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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/
  
 
=== Specific for platform ===
 
=== Specific for platform ===
  
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Lazarus for Windows - use the Sourceforge link above.
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Get Lazarus for Windows - use the Sourceforge link above.
  
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[[LazarusReleaseUbuntu|Lazarus for Ubuntu]]
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[[ReactOS|Get Lazarus for ReactOS]]
  
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[[LazarusReleaseFedora|Lazarus for Fedora]]
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[[Lazarus release version for Ubuntu|Get Lazarus for Ubuntu]]
  
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[[LazarusReleaseSuse|Lazarus for Suse]]
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[[Install_on_Fedora|Get Lazarus for Fedora]]
  
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[[LazarusReleaseMac|Lazarus for Mac]]
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[[Lazarus release version for Suse|Get Lazarus for Suse]]
  
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== Development versions from SVN ==
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[[Scientific Linux|Get Lazarus for Scientific Linux]]
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=== Getting SVN ===
 
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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 recommended to install ''subversion'' using the package management system offered by your distribution. For example:
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[[Lazarus on Raspberry Pi|Get Lazarus for Raspberry Pi (Raspbian)]]
  
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sudo apt-get install subversion
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[[Installing Lazarus on macOS|Get Lazarus for Mac]]
  
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=== Lazarus svn development version ===
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[[Lazarus on Solaris]]
  
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==== Using the command line ====
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== Getting a Git client ==
  
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To get Lazarus for the first time:
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=== TortoiseGit client ===
  
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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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TortoiseGit Client is for Windows only. You may download it from https://tortoisegit.org/
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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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=== Git for Windows ===
  
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Open a terminal/command prompt, change to the lazarus directory and type:
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Command line clients:
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  svn update
 
  
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For compiling see [[#Compiling_and_installing_Lazarus|here]].
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https://gitforwindows.org/
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https://git-scm.com/download/win
  
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==== Alternative URLs ====
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=== Other clients ===
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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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A GIT command line client is available from https://git-scm.com/downloads for many platforms.
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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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On Linux, it is recommended to install ''git'' using the package management system offered by your distribution. For example:
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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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  sudo apt-get install git
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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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==Getting Lazarus from the GitLab server==
  
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==== TortoiseSVN ====
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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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This is for Windows only: [[TortoiseSvn|TortoiseSVN]]
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===Fixes branch of latest Lazarus release===
  
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==== Scripts ====
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Change into the directory created by the above '''git clone''' command and run
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  <nowiki>git switch  fixes_2_2</nowiki>
  
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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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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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==fpc svn development version==
 
  
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Here are some hints how to install the development version of fpc (at the moment 2.5.1), which contains new features, bug fixes but is less stable and contains new bugs.
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===Update the sources later===
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The compiler is not included in the Lazarus SVN, but has its own FPC SVN. You ''must'' install first the latest released fpc. See here: [[Installing_Lazarus#Installing_The_Free_Pascal_Compiler|Installing the Free Pascal Compiler]].
 
  
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Create a directory and download fpc from svn:
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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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mkdir -p ~/freepascal
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instead of main, you may want to specify a fixes branch.
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cd ~/freepascal
 
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svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/fpc/trunk fpc
 
  
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This will take some time.
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For compiling see [[#Compiling_and_running_Lazarus|this]].
  
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There are many ways to compile and install FPC. You can use plain ''make'' (see below), but it is recommended to build a fpc package for your distribution (.deb or .rpm file). A fpc package allows to easily uninstall, upgrade and downgrade it and a package makes sure that all files are installed at the common places. So if something goes wrong, other users know how to help you.
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==Scripts==
  
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===Building and installing fpc svn version===
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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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This is for Linux. ToDo: update commands for other platforms.
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==Compiling and running Lazarus==
  
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On command line, go to fpc source root directory (~/freepascal/fpc) loaded from svn server. Run:
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See [[Installing Lazarus]] - a detailed installation guide.
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  make all
 
  
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It compiles the compiler in 3 cycles, first using the already installed compiler and then using the newly compiled compiler.
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===Using the command-line===
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After successful compilation, run:
 
  
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  make install INSTALL_PREFIX=~
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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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It install all needed files under your home directory. You can install to any other directory if needed. You just have to use the root account if the directory does not allow writing with your normal user account. Then create a file
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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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}}
  
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  ~/.fpc.cfg
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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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It is a hidden file (note the first dot). Enter the following contents to the file, replacing "/home/username" with your actual home directory name (if you installed to another directory, use that instead).
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To compile go to Lazarus directory in your terminal and type
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  '''make'''
  
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  #include /etc/fpc.cfg
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This should rebuild LCL and Lazarus IDE with basic packages installed.  
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  -Fu/home/username/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget
 
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  -Fu/home/username/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/*
 
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  -Fu/home/username/lib/fpc/$fpcversion/units/$fpctarget/rtl
 
  
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This allows installing any future fpc versions into PREFIX=~ without editing the config file.
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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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See "Configure Lazarus for the new fpc" below for the next step.
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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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===Building a debian/ubuntu package from svn version of fpc===
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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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'''Important''': This script does not create the official debian/ubuntu packages. It creates a fpc package that contains the compiler and all packages.
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===Make targets===
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====make help====
  
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To build the package you need to install some packages:
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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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sudo apt-get install libgpmg1-dev fakeroot libncurses5-dev build-essential
 
  
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Go into your lazarus source directory. The directory must be writable.
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<syntaxhighlight  lang="bash">
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make help
  
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  cd ~/freepascal/lazarus/tools/install
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  Main targets
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./create_fpc_deb.sh fpc ~/freepascal/fpc
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                  Without any target, target 'all' will be invoked.
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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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If you get an error about a missing file or tool you may have to install a missing package. If you get a compilation error your installed fpc is not the released compiler or you were unlucky and fetched a fpc svn reversion that contains a bug. Search help on the mailing list, forum or chat.
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Sub targets
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If it ran through you now have a deb file, which you can install:
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  registration  build package FCL
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  lazutils      build package LazUtils, requires registration
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  codetools      build package CodeTools, requires lazutils
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  lcl            build package LCLBase and LCL, requires lazutils
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  tools          build lazres, svn2revisioninc, updatepofiles, lrstolfm,
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                  requires LCL with nogui widgetset
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  basecomponents build debuggerintf, lazdebuggergdbmi, lazcontrols, synedit, ideintf
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                  for the LCL_PLATFORM, requires lcl
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  bigidecomponents build many extra packages for the LCL_PLATFORM, requires basecomponents
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  lhelp          build lhelp, requires bigidecomponents
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  starter        build startlazarus, requires basecomponents
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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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Flags:                                                                                                                                                               
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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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  INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr    used by 'install' as path prefix                                                                                                           
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  FPC_DIR=/usr/share/fpcsrc/3.0.4  used by fpcmake when regenerating Makefiles                                                                                     
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  OPT='-vwnbq -gh'      append these options when calling the compiler                                                                                              
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Usage examples:                                                                                                                                                     
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Update svn and build a minimal IDE, startlazarus and lazbuild:                                                                                                     
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  make clean                                                                                                                                                         
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  svn up                                                                                                                                                             
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  make clean all                                                                                                                                                     
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Note: You can start lazarus with 'startlazarus'                                                                                                                     
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Note: Use the IDE or lazbuild to compile your projects/packages.                                                                                                    
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Update svn and build an IDE with your last set of packages:                                                                                                       
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  make clean                                                                                                                                                         
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  svn up                                                                                                                                                             
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  make clean lazbuild useride                                                                                                                                       
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Clean up:                                                                                                                                                           
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  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:                                                                                                                 
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  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:                                                                                                                                                             
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  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.                                                                                                   
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  2. Install as root into /usr                                                                                                                                       
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          sudo make install
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      This installs startlazarus, lazarus-ide, lazbuild under /usr/bin
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      and copies the whole lazarus source directory to /usr/share/lazarus
  
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  sudo dpkg -i fpc_2.5.1-091121_i386.deb
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
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The file name is different for you.
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===Make parameters===
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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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===Configure Lazarus for the new fpc===
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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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Now fpc is installed either by "make install" or by using a distro specific package.
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For example:
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The next step is to compile lazarus svn with the new compiler and tell the IDE to use the directory ''/home/username/freepascal/fpc'' as ''FPC source directory''.
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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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If you have not yet downloaded the lazarus svn, do it now: [[Getting_Lazarus#Development_versions_from_SVN|Development versions from SVN]]. For example:
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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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cd ~/freepascal
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For example:
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svn co http://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk lazarus
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  make LCL_PLATFORM=gtk2
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Rebuilds LCL and IDE for gtk2 widgetset
  
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This will take some time, continue with:
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* '''FPC'''=%compiler_path
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cd ~/freepascal/lazarus
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or
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make clean all
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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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If this gives linker errors, you have to install some packages (build-essential, libgtk2.0-dev,libgdk-pixbuf-dev).
 
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Start the IDE:
 
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cd ~/freepascal/lazarus
 
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./lazarus
 
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This is a minimal IDE without any extra packages. Now the IDE must be setup and can be built with packages:
 
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* Go to Environment / Options / Environment
 
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* Set lazarus directory to ''/home/username/freepascal/lazarus''  
 
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* Set ''FPC source directory'' to ''/home/username/freepascal/fpc''
 
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* Click ''Ok'' to close the dialog
 
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* Tools / Configure Build Lazarus / Quick Build Options / Build IDE with packages
 
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* Click ''Build''.
 
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* Restart the IDE
 
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* Now you have the latest and greatest IDE built with the latest and greatest FPC.
 
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== Development versions from Git ==
 
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There is a [[git mirrors|Git mirror]] of the official SubVersion repository being maintained on [http://github.com/ GitHub]. This mirror gets sync'ed every 15 minutes with the SubVersion repository. For more information on getting [http://git-scm.com/ Git] and cloning the Lazarus repository, follow this link:  [[git mirrors|Git Mirrors]].
 
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== Development versions from Mercurial ==
 
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<s>There is a Hg mirror of the official SubVersion repository being maintained on [http://florianklaempfl.de:8000/lazarustrunk/ florianklaempfl.de].</s>
 
  
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This mirror does not exist any more. See the [http://lists.freepascal.org/lists/fpc-devel/2010-June/020442.html message] from Florian Klämpfl.
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== Daily Snapshot method ==
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make FPC="~/Pfad/fpc"
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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.
 
  
 
==Browse the Source Repository with a Web Browser==
 
==Browse the Source Repository with a Web Browser==
  
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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==
 
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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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==Compiling and installing Lazarus==
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== See also ==
  
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See [[Installing Lazarus]] - An installation guide.
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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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===Building from command-line===
 
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Lazarus is shipped with Makefile for gnu make util. (Be warn, if you also have Codegear(or Borland) tools installed, it might conflict with gnu "make" util).
 
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===Make targets===
 
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* '''lcl''' - the command rebuild LCL only. IDE is left untouched. The command is very useful if you're making changes to LCL and need to test the changes on your project without breaking Lazarus. Rebuild LCL only is faster than rebuilding both LCL and IDE
 
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* '''components'''
 
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* '''packager/registration'''
 
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===Make parameters===
 
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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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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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