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Programming => Operating Systems => Linux => Topic started by: Bobito on September 27, 2021, 01:12:48 am

Title: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Bobito on September 27, 2021, 01:12:48 am
hello guys; what do I have to do in order to download and install lazarus on raspberry pi ?os?
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Gustavo 'Gus' Carreno on September 27, 2021, 01:34:21 am
Hey Bobito,

hello guys; what do I have to do in order to download and install lazarus on raspberry pi ?os?

The way I always do it is by downloading fpcupdeluxe latest release (https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases/latest) and use that to install it on the RasPI.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
Gus
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: dbannon on September 27, 2021, 01:53:44 am
Raspberry Pi OS is Linux so much of the discussion at https://wiki.freepascal.org/Installing_Lazarus_on_Linux applies.  If you are happy with the (relativly old) versions in the RP OS repository, dead easy.  I suggest you are better compiling Lazarus from source.

There is a spacial Raspberry Pi page, https://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_on_Raspberry_Pi - its not particularly well maintained (but still useful) because, as I said, Raspberry Pi OS is linux.

You can also cross compile, make binaries suitable for Raspberry Pi OS from a more regular box if you wish. Takes a little bit of setting up but thats good because you need to understand whats happening.

Davo
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Thaddy on September 27, 2021, 08:39:57 am
1. create a swap file with the same size as the memory (except for 4 or 8 G, for those it should not be necessary)
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  1. sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile
3. Find CONF_SWAPSIZE and change the value to 2048 or 1024
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  1. CONF_SWAPSIZE=2048
4. save and restart
5. download fpcdeluze (deian/raspbian for armhf). https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases
6. run fpcdeluxe and select fpc+lazarus and appropiate versions
7. let fpcdeluxe build and install

For 4 or 8 G Pies, start with step 5.
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Gustavo 'Gus' Carreno on September 27, 2021, 06:32:04 pm
Hey Thaddy,

1. create a swap file with the same size as the memory (except for 4 or 8 G, for those it should not be necessary)

THANKS so much for the swap file reminder on the lower RAM Pi's!!

I've had to do it on mine and I always forget about that step!!

Cheers,
Gus
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: ttomas on September 27, 2021, 06:52:49 pm
You can also try zram for swap. More info on
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,39140.msg267617.html#msg267617 (https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,39140.msg267617.html#msg267617)
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Bobito on September 28, 2021, 02:47:38 am
thanks you all for your assistance!!!
Thaddy let me see if I got your advice right.
from this page:
https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases/tag/v2.2.0b
is this the correct file i have to download?

fpcums pdeluxe-armv6hf-linux
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Gustavo 'Gus' Carreno on September 28, 2021, 04:04:16 am
Hey Bobito,

https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases/tag/v2.2.0b
is this the correct file i have to download?

fpcums pdeluxe-armv6hf-linux


Both the older named Raspbian and the new Raspberry PI OS, from the https://www.raspberrypi.org site are both 32b and you'll need 1.

I'm not sure Raspberry Pi OS has a 64b version and the last time I checked, admittedly rather long ago, the only mention of a 64b Linux distribution for the RaspPi's that can handle it, was Ubuntu Server.

Time has passed and I haven't paid attention to the Raspberry Pi main site to see if there is now a 64b Linux distribution, so please make sure you give that a bit of a look :)

Hope this helps!!

Cheers,
Gus
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Gustavo 'Gus' Carreno on September 28, 2021, 04:17:44 am
Hey Bobito,

Hummm, had a look at this Raspberry Pi OS and it seams to be ARMHF, so maybe I gave you the wrong info.

For Raspbian, it is definitely https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/fpcupdeluxe/releases/download/v2.2.0b/fpcupdeluxe-arm-linux since this is what I have on my Raspberry Pi 3

And I think for ANY OS on a Raspberry Pi up to 3, that's the one.

From the Raspberry Pi 4 and up, I'm a bit confused now. I'm not completely sure what the architecture is, so I can't really give you a definitive answer.

What I'm actually sure is that if you install the Ubuntu flavour, that will need  the AARCH64 version. At least, that's what I remember Don saying when I asked him about it.

But now my memory is all tangled up and I don't even trust it to say that's right ARGHHHHH.

Nonetheless, for Raspbian or Raspberry Pi OS I'm defo foer sure it has to be the linux-arm version linked above, since that's what I'm using on my RasPi 3.

I now see that it's more of a mess than an helpful post, but I hope that someone else will pitch in with the correct answer for a 64b Linux Distribution like the ones listed here: https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi

And as a side note, looks like Ubuntu now lists a Desktop version also, not only the Server version. That's an improvement :)

Cheers,
Gus
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: MarkMLl on September 28, 2021, 08:47:28 am
1. create a swap file with the same size as the memory (except for 4 or 8 G, for those it should not be necessary)

THANKS so much for the swap file reminder on the lower RAM Pi's!!

I've had to do it on mine and I always forget about that step!!

As a general point, remember that SD-Cards have a limited life and no load-levelling: putting swap and regularly-written logfiles on them is a bad idea.

I'm sure you've come across the tale of the Tesla model which screwed its control computer after some unreasonably-short time for precisely that reason. https://hackaday.com/2021/02/11/tesla-recalls-cars-with-emmc-failures-calls-part-a-wear-item/

MarkMLl
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Gustavo 'Gus' Carreno on September 28, 2021, 11:35:25 am
Hey Mark,

As a general point, remember that SD-Cards have a limited life and no load-levelling: putting swap and regularly-written logfiles on them is a bad idea.

You're quite correct as usual, but the fact is, you can't link a typical Lazarus compiled binary on a Raspberry Pi 3(or lower) without it. That's why fpcupdeluxe will give you a warning if you don't have the swap file up.

So the workaround is: Get it up for the first Lazarus build/linkage and then reverse it if your projects don't quite need it.

Cheers,
Gus
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: MarkMLl on September 28, 2021, 12:01:33 pm
You're quite correct as usual, but the fact is, you can't link a typical Lazarus compiled binary on a Raspberry Pi 3(or lower) without it. That's why fpcupdeluxe will give you a warning if you don't have the swap file up.

That's true, but the correct solution is to use a USB-connected thumb drive (or SSD etc.) which /does/ have wear levelling. I'd remind you that for the last four years or so it's even been possible to boot from external media: having an SD-Card socket is arguably better than only having an on-board Flash device, but having the option to boot from and use external media is even better.

Apropos linkage: back in the days when I was using NSLU-2 "Slugs" I found that 512Mb total storage (i.e. including swap) was adequate: the IDE could be built, albeit slowly (don't ask...). I think that the recommended minimum is now something like 1Gb, so an RPi3 without swap is marginal: I've not tried it recently since I've been using external storage for a long time even on variants which needed an SD-Card to load the kernel+devicetree.

MarkMLl
Title: Re: install lazarus on raspberry pi os
Post by: Gustavo 'Gus' Carreno on September 28, 2021, 02:01:44 pm
Hey Mark,

That's true, but the correct solution is to use a USB-connected thumb drive (or SSD etc.) which /does/ have wear levelling. I'd remind you that for the last four years or so it's even been possible to boot from external media: having an SD-Card socket is arguably better than only having an on-board Flash device, but having the option to boot from and use external media is even better.

Drats, drats and double DRATS, I always forget about mixed media.

You're absolutely correct, having an USB for swap is way better due to what you mention: The USB has less wear and tear factor than an SD card!!

I guess I need to go some sleep, cuz looking at the clock, it's been way too long this awake period :(

Thanks for the reminder, not only for me, but also for all the peeps following the thread :)

Cheers,
Gus
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