[solved] No ZeosLib tab in component palette after installation

[n7800]

Just tried Lazarus 4.0 on Windows (yes, not Ubuntu). When I choose to install a package (screenshot 1), it asks to confirm whether to install dependencies (screenshot 2). Do you see this prompt too?

[rvk]

That's why I asked about installing it via OPM because that does this all automatically.

[n7800]

Did you also try to install it via OPM in Laz4 already?

Indeed, why do you manually install a package when it is in OPM? It does not require manual downloading, unpacking, opening, and rebuilding... Just install "OnlinePackageManager" first, and after rebuilding, open it and install your package through it.

However, I see that the versions of this package in OPM and SourceForge are identical (almost). So the problem is in the installation method or in the OS. In Linux, there have been problems reported due to the rebuilt executable ending up in the user folder, since it cannot modify the system file (root).

Make sure you are running the right file. To do this, use "./startlazarus", which automatically finds the right one.

[rvk]

Then the question would be... how is Lazarus 4 installed?
The default install on Windows includes OPM. No need to install that separately.
Not sure how that is under Ubuntu with the standard .deb files.

But yes, when building a new version, it does need to end up in the correct place.

[paweld]

If so, can you share the environmentoptions.xml file located in the Lazarus configuration folder?

The "environmentoptions.xml" file does not contain any information about IDE packages. It only shows recently opened files, but it does not say anything about whether they are installed.

But it includes component palette settings. That's why I first asked if the package appears in the installed list.

[n7800]

But it includes component palette settings. That's why I first asked if the package appears in the installed list.

Now it's clear. The author simply said that the package is not listed as installed, so I focused on this problem...

[n7800]

By the way, in "environmentoptions.xml" the path to the recent package file contains a strange value:

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1.     <Recent AlreadyPopulated="True">
2.       <PackageFiles Count="1">
3.         <Item1 Value="[...]zeosdbo-8.0.0-stable/packages/lazarus/zcomponentdesign.lpk"/>
4.       </PackageFiles>
5.     </Recent>
6.  

@tintinux, what is the path to your package folder? Does it contain spaces or unicode characters?

[tintinux]

As @rvk wrote, if the component is not listed then it is not installed.

It is obvious !

From myself, I recommend installing FPC and Lazarus on Linux using “fpcupdeluxe”, because when installing with the package manager there are always some problems with permissions, which often in my case ends in some error.

Looks really complex and I'm not sure this will help.

[tintinux]

That's why I asked about installing it via OPM because that does this all automatically.

Same issue using OPM or Install/Uninstall packages

[tintinux]

what is the path to your package folder? Does it contain spaces or unicode characters?

There is no space, but one Unicode character  ("é").
But it is the same in several other packages successfully installed.

[tintinux]

Now it's clear. The author simply said that the package is not listed as installed, so I focused on this problem...

Not so clear...

The package zcomponentdesign is listed in Install/Uninstall packages, left list.
The other required packages (zcomponent, zplain, zparsesql, zdbc, zcore) are not listed;

All these 6 Zeoslib packages are visible in "Open loaded package". 
zcomponentdesign has the status :  "installed static, autoinstall static"
the others have no information about the status.   
See the attachments.

[rvk]

Shouldn't it say:
"has Register procedure: 1"
???? If that's the design package.

Try Use > Install again in that design package.

PS. It's never wise to use a directory-name with other characters than the standard ascii. Yes, it's usually no problem, until you encounter that one rare instance where it is a problem.

[tintinux]

Shouldn't it say: "has Register procedure: 1" ????

Yes, this is the point. Problem is solved !

The related file has been changed, but for the last time after I started this thread. It was already wrong before.

I don't understand why the issue was solved neither by a new download an installation, nor with an installation with OPM.

Thanks for your time !