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= Installing Lazarus on FreeBSD =
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The following applies to FreeBSD 11-STABLE, 11.2 and 11.3, 12-STABLE and 12.0 only. Earlier FreeBSD versions are end-of-life and not supported.
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== Installing Lazarus on FreeBSD ==
  
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==via the Ports tree==
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The following applies to FreeBSD 11.x, 12.x and maybe 13.x only. Earlier FreeBSD versions are end-of-life and not supported.
  
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The latest version of Lazarus available in the FreeBSD port tree is v 2.0.0. We can use that to install Lazarus (GTK2 or QT5).
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===via the Ports tree===
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Currently, two versions of Lazarus are available in the FreeBSD ports tree v2.0.12 (release version) and v2.3.0 (development version). The latest version of the Free Pascal Compiler in the ports tree is v3.2.2. You can install the GTK2 version ''or'' QT5 version of Lazarus as follows:
  
 
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If you start Lazarus IDE at this point by typing '''lazarus''' you will get a dialog which needs you to input the directory in which the Free Pascal sources are located. Small problem, they have not been installed. You can, however, find a compressed tar file of the sources in the '''/usr/ports/distfiles/freepascal''' directory.
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If you want use development (aka trunk) version of Lazarus do the following:
  
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You can either install the sources in your home directory or in the system-wide '''/usr/local/share/fpsrc''' directory. You will need to do this as root if you use the system-wide directory.
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# cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus-devel && make install clean
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=== Installing FPC sources in home directory ===
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Create a directory to hold the Free Pascal sources under your home directory. Note that when you extract the compressed tar file, it will include a directory of fpc-3.0.4, so if that is good enough for you go ahead and:
 
  
 
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tar xvzf /usr/ports/distfiles/freepascal/fpc-3.0.4.source.tar.gz
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# cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus-qt5-devel && make install clean
 
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=== Installing FPC sources in system-wide directory ===
 
  
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As root, create the '''fpcsrc''' directory in '''/usr/local/share''', change to the new directory and:
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Note: Installing Lazarus will also install the Free Pascal Compiler and its source files.
  
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===via the pkg system===
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tar xvzf /usr/ports/distfiles/freepascal/fpc-3.0.4.source.tar.gz
 
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At this point Lazarus will complain about the missing Free Pascal source files.  If you don't have them:
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  fetch http://distcache.freebsd.org/ports-distfiles/freepascal/fpc-3.0.4.source.tar.gz
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# pkg install editors/lazarus-devel
 
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You can either install the sources in your home directory or in the system-wide '''/usr/local/share/fpsrc''' directory. You will need to do this as root if you use the system-wide directory.
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=== Installing FPC sources in home directory ===
 
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Create a directory to hold the Free Pascal sources under your home directory. Note that when you extract the compressed tar file, it will include a directory of fpc-3.0.4, so if that is good enough for you go ahead and:
 
  
 
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tar xvzf /usr/ports/distfiles/freepascal/fpc-3.0.4.source.tar.gz
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# pkg install editors/lazarus-qt5-devel
 
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=== Installing FPC sources in system-wide directory ===
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Lazarus should install the Free Pascal Compiler source files.  If you don't have them, you can add them:
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As root, create the '''fpcsrc''' directory in '''/usr/local/share''', change to the new directory and:
 
  
 
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tar xvzf /usr/ports/distfiles/freepascal/fpc-3.0.4.source.tar.gz
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# pkg install lang/fpc-source
 
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==via the Lazarus repository==
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If you start Lazarus IDE at this point by typing '''lazarus''' you will get a dialog which needs you to input the directory in which the Free Pascal source files are located. Set it to '''/usr/local/share/fpc-source-3.2.2'''
  
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This option will often be used if you want to follow Lazarus trunk, a Fixes branch, or some other release (eg compiling from a source tarball).
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===via the Lazarus repository===
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This option will often be used if you want to follow Lazarus trunk, a fixes branch, or some other release (eg compiling from a source tarball).
  
 
* Use the SubVersion or Git repositories to checkout a copy of the source code you want, or unpack a downloaded source archive into a suitable location. Recent versions of FreeBSD include the '''svn''' command as '''svnlite''', so you do not need to install full Subversion package to checkout a copy of the source code.
 
* Use the SubVersion or Git repositories to checkout a copy of the source code you want, or unpack a downloaded source archive into a suitable location. Recent versions of FreeBSD include the '''svn''' command as '''svnlite''', so you do not need to install full Subversion package to checkout a copy of the source code.
  
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* The readme.txt file in Lazarus directory mentions '''make clean all'''. This only works if you are using Linux. Under FreeBSD you need to replace '''make''' with '''gmake'''.
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* The readme.txt file in Lazarus directory mentions '''make clean all'''. This only works if you are using Linux. Under FreeBSD you need to replace '''make''' with '''gmake''' and ensure that you have also installed the GNU gmake from ports.
  
 
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   cd /path/to/lazarus_source
 
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   gmake clean all
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   gmake distclean all bigide
 
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==Installation troubleshooting==
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=== What does the bigide make argument do? ===
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{{BigIDE}}
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== Installation troubleshooting ==
  
 
Troubleshooting details that should (hopefully) be applicable across platforms may be found in the article [[Installation Troubleshooting]].
 
Troubleshooting details that should (hopefully) be applicable across platforms may be found in the article [[Installation Troubleshooting]].
  
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Some additional notes for FreeBSD installations can be found in the article [[FreeBSD]].
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Some additional notes for FreeBSD installations can be found in the articles [[FreeBSD]] and [[Installing the Free Pascal Compiler]].
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== Multiple Lazarus installs ==
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Please see [[Multiple Lazarus]] for details on having more than one Lazarus version installed on one system. We cover issues that can arise due to multiple Lazarus installs here, because they can also happen when installing over a previous version.
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== Lazarus FAQ ==
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The Lazarus FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - page is available [[Lazarus_Faq|here]].
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== Installing old versions ==
  
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See [[Installation hints for old versions]]
  
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Revision as of 05:10, 27 August 2021

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Installing Lazarus on FreeBSD

The following applies to FreeBSD 11.x, 12.x and maybe 13.x only. Earlier FreeBSD versions are end-of-life and not supported.

via the Ports tree

Currently, two versions of Lazarus are available in the FreeBSD ports tree v2.0.12 (release version) and v2.3.0 (development version). The latest version of the Free Pascal Compiler in the ports tree is v3.2.2. You can install the GTK2 version or QT5 version of Lazarus as follows: 

# cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus && make install clean

or 

# cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus-qt5 && make install clean

If you want use development (aka trunk) version of Lazarus do the following: 

# cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus-devel && make install clean

or 

# cd /usr/ports/editors/lazarus-qt5-devel && make install clean


Note: Installing Lazarus will also install the Free Pascal Compiler and its source files.

via the pkg system

# pkg install editors/lazarus

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# pkg install editors/lazarus-qt5

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# pkg install editors/lazarus-devel

or 

# pkg install editors/lazarus-qt5-devel

Lazarus should install the Free Pascal Compiler source files. If you don't have them, you can add them: 

# pkg install lang/fpc-source

If you start Lazarus IDE at this point by typing lazarus you will get a dialog which needs you to input the directory in which the Free Pascal source files are located. Set it to /usr/local/share/fpc-source-3.2.2

via the Lazarus repository

This option will often be used if you want to follow Lazarus trunk, a fixes branch, or some other release (eg compiling from a source tarball).

  • Use the SubVersion or Git repositories to checkout a copy of the source code you want, or unpack a downloaded source archive into a suitable location. Recent versions of FreeBSD include the svn command as svnlite, so you do not need to install full Subversion package to checkout a copy of the source code.
  • The readme.txt file in Lazarus directory mentions make clean all. This only works if you are using Linux. Under FreeBSD you need to replace make with gmake and ensure that you have also installed the GNU gmake from ports.
  cd /path/to/lazarus_source
  gmake distclean all bigide

What does the bigide make argument do?

The bigide make argument adds a bunch of packages to Lazarus that many find useful and cannot do without. The packages that are added are:

  • cairocanvas
  • chmhelp
  • datetimectrls
  • externhelp
  • fpcunit
  • fpdebug
  • instantfpc
  • jcf2
  • lazcontrols
  • lazdebuggers
  • lclextensions
  • leakview
  • macroscript
  • memds
  • onlinepackagemanager
  • pas2js
  • PascalScript
  • printers
  • projecttemplates
  • rtticontrols
  • sdf
  • sqldb
  • synedit
  • tachart
  • tdbf
  • todolist
  • turbopower_ipro
  • virtualtreeview

The above list is sourced from the [Lazarus source directory]/IDE/Makefile.fpc and may be subject to change.

Note that if you have not compiled your own Lazarus IDE with the bigide argument, you can install any of these packages yourself using the Lazarus IDE Package > Install/Uninstall Packages... dialog.

Installation troubleshooting

Troubleshooting details that should (hopefully) be applicable across platforms may be found in the article Installation Troubleshooting.

Some additional notes for FreeBSD installations can be found in the articles FreeBSD and Installing the Free Pascal Compiler.

Multiple Lazarus installs

Please see Multiple Lazarus for details on having more than one Lazarus version installed on one system. We cover issues that can arise due to multiple Lazarus installs here, because they can also happen when installing over a previous version.

Lazarus FAQ

The Lazarus FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - page is available here.

Installing old versions

See Installation hints for old versions

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