Online Package Manager

[balazsszekely]

1. You check all the packages you wish to install, save it to a config file.
2. Next time you load the checks from the same ini, so you don't have to check them again manually

 Did I understand correctly?

[CharlyTango]

Yes you understood correctly.

But there should be a possibility to tell OPM where this (kind-of-)ini file is located. (name and path)

This way it would be possible to sync the ini-file automatically by Dropbox or GooglDrive etc.


BTW... is there a possibility that OPM updates itself in an other way than a SVN download.
Could OPM be a simple package which is updated by OPM itself?

Regards

[balazsszekely]

Yes you understood correctly.
But there should be a possibility to tell OPM where this (kind-of-)ini file is located. (name and path)
This way it would be possible to sync the ini-file automatically by Dropbox or GooglDrive etc.

It's implemented in trunk. Just right click the tree, then save/load the ini file.

BTW... is there a possibility that OPM updates itself in an other way than a SVN download.
Could OPM be a simple package which is updated by OPM itself?

Unfortunately no. It's in the todo list though.

[minesadorada]

I just updated Lazarus and FPC from SVN and rebuild IDE now hangs on the statements (in OPM.opkman_downloader)

Code: Pascal  [Select][+][-]

1. FHTTPClient.Terminate;

Lazarus SVN build: 54442M

[balazsszekely]

Hi minesadorada,

OPM has changed a lot lately, however I cannot reproduce the error with Lazarus/FPC trunk(r. 54449 and r. 35631). I did try to download/install as many package as possible, but no hangs, no errors. I only tested on win7 though.

[JuhaManninen]

minesadorada, usually a clean build helps after code has been moved and reorganized.
Tools -> Configure Build Lazarus -> "Clean all".

I don't get errors either.

[minesadorada]

OK Thanks guys - I'll investigate.

[AlexTP]

Hi
In mantis, you ll find n my fixes/patches:
http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31495
http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31497
http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31498
http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31499
http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=31501

Can you apply pls?

[balazsszekely]

Hi Alextp,

Sorry for the delay, I was very busy lately. I will apply them as soon as possible. Thank you for the patch!

PS: Applied, except one where a little modification is needed.

[Rayvenhaus]

Running Lazarus 1.6.2, FPC 3.0.0, when compiling latest OPM from SVN, I get the following error:

Compile package OnlinePackageManager 1.0: Exit code 1, Errors: 1
opkman_mainfrm.pas(39,16) Fatal: Cannot find PackageLinkIntf used by opkman_mainfrm of package OnlinePackageManager.

[Thaddy]

You are using unsupported versions: Laz is at 1.6.4 and fpc is at 3.0.2.

[Rayvenhaus]

Ok, just upgraded to latest version, Lazarus 1.6.4 and FPC 3.0.2 and I still get the same error when compiling OpMan.  Where do I find the missing package needed to compile OpMan?

[JuhaManninen]

Where do I find the missing package needed to compile OpMan?

In Lazarus trunk. The OpMan is now part of Lazarus sources anyway, it is developed together with rest of the trunk.
Already next month Lazarus 1.8 may be forked. Then you can use also fixes_1_8 branch.

I know OpMan has supported older Lazarus versions with IFDEFs. I don't have objections if somebody wants to add IFDEFs but it is quite unusual. If somebody wants to use latest development from trunk, he can download trunk. This applies to ProjectGroups and any other package in trunk as well.

[Rayvenhaus]

I am using the latest released versions of Lazarus and FPC (1.6.4 & 3.0.2) and I still get the error when adding in OPM

[balazsszekely]

@Rayvenhaus

You have two choices:
1. Use a slightly older version, you can download from here(zip): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Me_c5onmWoLUJmYUNwc0ItVkk/view?usp=sharing
2. Wait for Laz 1.8, it's just around the corner