First Lazarus build help

[daveinhull]

Hi

I'm trying to build Lazarus for the first time and I'm getting stuck.
I've tried following the tips given by GetMem, installed TortoiseSVN and checked out the source.
However when I come to run Lazarus.bat it says Make is not recognized. I've installed GnuWin32\make.exe, but now it says makefile:29: *** You need the GNU utils package to use this Makefile.  Stop.
I also had to put the full directory reference for Make as I can't seem to get a path to it to work using environment variables.
any help in getting this last bit sorted would be great

Thanks
Dave

@Otto

1. Install TorotiseSVN(https://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html), it's free
2. Create a "Lazarus" folder somewhere
3. Right click "Lazarus" folder, then "SVN Checkout...". The following dialog will apear(see screenshot1)
4. Type/paste in the URL: "https://svn.freepascal.org/svn/lazarus/trunk" , press OK
5. After the checkout is done, create a batch file(lazarus.bat for example), with the following content:

set path=C:\FPC\3.0.4\bin\i386-win32\;
make bigide

where the path must point to a valid FPC installation
6. Copy lazarus.bat inside the Lazarus folder, then doubleclick the bat file. If everything works well, the trunk IDE is build.
7. To create a patch, right click Lazarus folder then click "Create patch...". See attachment2.

PS: Make sure you backup your config folder, just in case. If you have a standard installation lazarus trunk may overwrite the settings.

[af0815]

for the fist time, it is the best to use a preconfigured package. If not the next try is to look for fpcupdeluxe in the lazarus wiki and use this.

The quto from GetMem means you must have a functinal basic system with the tools and fpc ! This is NOT for the first try -> see: must point to a valid FPC installation !

[daveinhull]

Hi af0815,

Thanks, sorry I should have mentioned that I do already have a preconfigured version installed and have been using it for a number of years, but there is a bug in one of the DB controls that I've reported which I need and I'm hoping that if I can install a latest daily build it might be fixed.

I'll take a look at fpcupdelux

Thanks again
Dave