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<DIV><SPAN class=812210819-14062011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Has
anybody looked into creating an Ubuntu PPA? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Message d'origine-----<BR><B>De :</B>
fpc-pascal-bounces@lists.freepascal.org
[mailto:fpc-pascal-bounces@lists.freepascal.org] <B>De la part de</B> Juha
Manninen<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> mardi 14 juin 2011 19:12<BR><B>À :</B>
FPC-Pascal users discussions<BR><B>Objet :</B> [fpc-pascal] Installing
FPC 2.4.4 for Ubuntu / Mint + other thoughts<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I found the
packages for Debian / Ubuntu / Mint :<BR><A
href="ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.4/i386-linux/deb/">ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/2.4.4/i386-linux/deb/</A><BR><BR>How
to install it?<BR>Am I really supposed to download those ~40 packages
separately and then install them in some specific order?<BR>Other people have
brougt this up, too, and I understand why. I just want to have a working
compiler for Lazarus SVN versions but it is difficult.<BR><BR>I had to change
my machine configuration, USB web-stick doesn't work on my Linux, I have a new
Windows 7, Mint Linux on VirtualBox etc.<BR>It makes me angry that I can't
install FPC and Lazarus easily.<BR>I know how the casual visitors feel when
they can't install easily. For 90% of them it is a turn-off and they go to
test something else.<BR>That is why I wrote earlier that an easy installation
would be a "killer-feature" for both FPC and Lazarus. There would be 10 times
more people trying it (100% instead of 10%).<BR><BR>How to improve it?<BR>For
windows, I have explained some errors in the installation instructions. The
source link leads to a wrong place.<BR>Also, the sources are not included in
the default package even they are needed practically always. I wrote earlier
about it.<BR>Also, if someone wants a compiler fo 64-bit Windows, he certainly
selects the wrong cross-compiler because it is mentioned only in the very end.
I did the same mistake again just few days ago.<BR><BR>On Linux, even a major
distro like Ubuntu has so old versions of FPC and Lazarus. Why? I guess the
releases should be advertized more to some maintainers. How does it work in
practice? Who advertizes to who?<BR><BR>Next I will try Suse and Sabayon under
VirtualBox, I hope they work. At least they have easy-to-install, recent FPC
packages. I really don't know why Ubuntu is so
popular...<BR><BR>Juha<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>