I did raise a similar question a while ago about package installation problems I am encountering as a novice user. Unfortunately, I did not receive a single response, which leads me to suspect that the solution is so simple it does not rate the effort of an answer
, but I seem to be following all instructions without success, so I'll try again...
This time, I want to install the SplashAbout package. I duly downloaded the zip file from the following link
http://www.charcodelvalle.com/splashabout//splashabout_component.zip
and unzipped the files into the Lazarus Component directory in a newly created sub-directory which I named splashabout. In the Lazarus IDE (v1.6), I click on Open Package File and click on Splashabout.lpk. That brings up the dialog box "Package Splashabout V0.0". I click on Compile and then Use then Install. At that point, the same as every other package I've tried to install, an information dialog pops up headed "Not an install package.....". Proceeding anyway results in the IDE re-compiling/rebuilding, but as the above dialog warns, no component is installed (apparently it should appear in the Additional palette.
I do apologise for this being so long-winded, but I wanted to give you more experienced guys a chance to let me know where I am going wrong.