[fpc-pascal] Basically on the right track?

[Sven Barth]

On 27.12.2012 17:11, Patrick wrote:
 >
 >> This is exactly what I thought. You are trying to use the GTK1 unit.
 >> The unit for GTK+ is called "gtk2". Take a look into "packages/gtk"
 >> and "packages/gtk2" of a Free Pascal source folder to see the
 >> differences in the units (just look at the *.pas/*.pp files and ignore
 >> the *.inc files for now).
 >>
 >> Also you could try whether you can compile the examples listed in
 >> "packages/gtk2/examples".
 >>
 >> Regards,
 >> Sven
 >> ________
 > Thanks Sven
 >
 > I am sure you are right about this.
 >
 > Do you happen to know if there is a way to specify the install
 > directory? I don't blame you guys for not using autotools but I often
 > use a flag --prefex=/pat with configure to install into a directory not
 > in my PATH. I then call my source built programs using their full path
 > names instead. I installed 2.4 by mistake from source(in /usr) and seem
 > to be having trouble removing it.

The variable for make you are looking for is "INSTALL_PREFIX". It 
behaves like --prefix for configure.

Regards,
Sven

PS: Sorry, Patrick, this should have gone to the list. -.-