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[thierrybo]

Hi,

is there a way to force installation without additional packages (as in "make install") for an update to an existing installation ? This would allow to run Lazarus, change packages marked for installation, run OPM to updates some packages. And to avoid ending with no Lazarus binary because some packages failed.

[DonAlfredo]

Please file a feature request on GitHub.

[af0815]

Hi,

is there a way to force installation without additional packages (as in "make install") for an update to an existing installation ? This would allow to run Lazarus, change packages marked for installation, run OPM to updates some packages. And to avoid ending with no Lazarus binary because some packages failed.

IMHO is it better to install on bare metal. You can remove the lazarus tree and make a new try. The fastest way without have troubles with old fragments.

[thierrybo]

Please file a feature request on GitHub.

Done

[thierrybo]

IMHO is it better to install on bare metal. You can remove the lazarus tree and make a new try. The fastest way without have troubles with old fragments.

Yes  but for me it is the last solution. Because it is a pain to add all your IDE configuration, list of packages ...

[Cascade]

... And to avoid ending with no Lazarus binary because some packages failed.

When Lazarus requests a rebuild (due to package install) - it would be good if the IDE had the capability to rollback in the event of a rebuild failure, rather than leaving us with a broken installation.  Maybe it could create a backup copy of the main binary just before rebuilding.  Then if rebuild fails, the StartLazarus part of the app would notice the missing binary and reinstate the backup binary during launch.