[fpc-pascal] Different idea

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2015, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> 
>> Michael Schnell wrote:
>>> On 08/18/2015 10:03 PM, Chris Moody wrote:
>>>> Having issues getting cross compiling to work, so here's another idea:
>>>>
>>>> What files would I need to move from Lazarus on my computer to the 
>>>> Pi, so it will be able to find all of the libraries? Or perhaps even 
>>>> better, how can I get the command Lazarus sends to FPC from my 
>>>> computer so I can issue it on the Pi?
>>>>
>>> On a headless ARM system that hence can't run Lazarus, I completely 
>>> did and tested the application on a Linux PC, with everything that is 
>>> not available on the target (in that case among other stuff 
>>> everything GUI related including timers) in a "simulation" unit that 
>>> provides Stimuli and Debug outputs is appropriate classes. That can 
>>> nicely be done in a completely Object oriented way using Events 
>>> (callbacks), properties and functions.
>>
>> A (physically) headless system can run Lazarus etc. without any 
>> problems, provided that you can login using X11 (XDMCP), VNC, or SSH. 
>> Obviously appropriate underlying libraries are needed (gtk2 or 
>> whatever), but apart from that the only caveat is that building 
>> Lazarus or programs of any significant size tends to be 
>> memory-intensive- but generally within the scope of an Rpi.
> 
> I use lazbuild succesfully on a machine without any X library installed.
> Works perfectly for automated final builds of website software.

With the caveat that you need to run Lazarus at least once to get the 
paths etc. set up (i.e. settings stored in ~/.lazarus or as determined 
by -pcp).

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
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