Hi all,
This is my first post on this forum, so hello to everyone.
I'm not exactly a Linux newbie (my first Slackware installation was in 1994), but I'm having big problems installing fp fp-source and Lazarus IDE on Mint 18.1:
After every failure, I do a a complete uninstall with both the package manager and by removing fp and Lazarus references manually.
I've tried installing with apt and the software manager - installing fp, fp source and the IDE. When the IDE runs, it gives an error message: 'packager/globallinks' not found, and the toolbar lacks the component palette.
I've downloaded the latest .deb files from Sourceforge (fpc_3.0.2... fpc-src_3.02... and lazarus-project_16.4-0...
fp and fp source claim to have loaded, but the IDE deb installer tells me that 'links cannot be satisfied', and won't go further.
I've also tried the older 3.0.0 and 1.6 .deb packages, which install to completion, but still giving the packager/globallinks error, and still missing the component palette.
I'm beginning to think that the Lazarus packaging is broken (or perhaps my brain is
)
I've recently bitten the bullet and no longer have a Windoze installation, and the only thing I miss in my wholesale move to Linux is Lazarus. So: HELP!
Thanks a lot in advance - Tim