Can't get Lazarus to do.....anything?

Question

So I thought I would install Lazarus/Free pascal -latest version from the sourceforge website.

Downloaded the win32 version and install on my XP machine couple of nights ago.

Problem is, it can't seem to find any of its own files.

From the first and every subsequent run it comes up with an error which says it can't find its system.ppu file relating to win32.

I just ignore that error and it seems to still run.

I tried to make a simple calculator application and it couldn't even seem to find the system files or files in the project directory. After battling these problems and setting every single path I could find in all the setups to every directory I could find it eventually compiled and run the program - once, not been able to make it do it again.

I also tried to make a user component library following the instructions on the web and that won't work either because, you guessed it, it can't the files. This time it gives an error saying it can't find a Ttreeview component, despite not even using that component in the library.

Being able to follow search paths is pretty fundamental stuff that they don't seem to have mastered.

Anybody managed to get a working system going, or any tips to sort these problems out?

Answer 1

Did you install in the default directory c:\lazarus? I thought there was an issue with installing to another directory, especially if the path contains spaces.

Answer 2

Nine times out of ten, its the old config of an earlier Lazarus attempt, that still lingers somewhere in the "local app" part of the profile.

Answer 3

If nothing else helps uninstall Lazarus, download Lazarus CodeTyphon edition, and run install as admin.