Centos 7.9 and rpm....

[Prime]

Hi all,

I'm trying to install fpc 3.2.2 / Lazarus 2.0.12 on a Centos 7.9 system.

However when I try and install the RPMs I get

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# rpm -Uvh fpc-3.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
        rpmlib(PayloadIsZstd) <= 5.4.18-1 is needed by fpc-3.2.0-1.x86_64

This is because the compression I believe has been changed in the latest versions of RPM, and centos does not support this

I've managed to install fpc using the downloadable tar file, and telling it where to install. Is there a version of Lazarus that can be installed in the same way?

If not I'm happy to build / install fpc/Lazarus as needed, however I want to try and install system wide rather than just for one user, is this possible?

Cheers.

Phill.

[nesquik]

the nature of centos is meant to be stable long-term packages.

If not I'm happy to build / install fpc/Lazarus as needed

i would recommend using https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe so you don't have to pull your hair out compiling manually

however I want to try and install system wide rather than just for one user, is this possible?

you can specific the install path with fpcupdeluxe

[dbannon]

I've managed to install fpc using the downloadable tar file, and telling it where to install. Is there a version of Lazarus that can be installed in the same way?

If not I'm happy to build / install fpc/Lazarus as needed, however I want to try and install system wide rather than just for one user, is this possible?

It should be possible to do a system wide install of Lazarus from source.  A bit more fiddling around for sure but it does sound like you understand the issues.
On the other hand, much of a System Wide install ends up being replicated in user space as soon as you install your first package so, maybe its not worth while fussing with and a local install of Lazarus is reasonably well documented.

Davo