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Script to build Lazarus from source on Linux
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # by rvk (v.2.1, 2024-12-06) | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "Running on: $(sed 's/\x0/ /' /sys/firmware/devicetree/base/model 2>/dev/null || cat /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null || echo Unknown)" | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # setup versions, download and compile | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| #fpc_version="release_3_2_0" | |
| #laz_version="lazarus_2_0_12" | |
| #fast | |
| zip=1 | |
| # repository | |
| fpc_git=1 | |
| laz_git=1 | |
| # compile | |
| fpc_compile=1 | |
| laz_compile=1 | |
| LCL_PLATFORM=qt5 | |
| #LCL_PLATFORM=gtk2 | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # check if we are running in bash instead of sh | |
| ps $$ 2>&1 | grep bash > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo "Running in bash. continuing..." || { echo "Not running in bash. Aborting..."; exit 1; } | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # optional use zram as swapfile | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # not done yet | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # minimal swap space needed is 1024MB | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| while true; do | |
| FREESWAP=$(free | grep -i swap | awk '{print $2}') | |
| if [ $FREESWAP -lt 900000 ]; then | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "Current swapsize is $FREESWAP" | |
| echo "Swapsize is really small. Recomended size is 1024MB (1GB)."; | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| read -n1 -p "Do you want to increase it to 1024MB (1GB) or continue without swap? [y/n/c] " yn | |
| echo "" | |
| case $yn in | |
| [Cc]* ) break;; | |
| [Yy]* ) ;; | |
| [Nn]* ) echo >&2 "Please increase the swap space manually. Aborting..."; exit 1;; | |
| [Qq]* ) exit 1;; | |
| * ) echo "Please answer yes or no."; echo ""; continue;; | |
| esac | |
| # we can increase this if /etc/dphys-swapfile exists | |
| [ -f /etc/dphys-swapfile ] && { | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "Setting in /etc/dphys-swapfile $(cat /etc/dphys-swapfile | grep CONF_SWAPSIZE)" | |
| echo "Increasing value and restarting swap" | |
| sudo sed -i 's/CONF_SWAPSIZE=[0-9]*$/CONF_SWAPSIZE=1024/g' /etc/dphys-swapfile | |
| sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile stop | |
| sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile restart | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| } || { | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "Setting up /swapfile" | |
| DATE=$(date +%s) | |
| sudo fallocate -l 4G "/swapfile.$DATE" \ | |
| && sudo chmod 600 "/swapfile.$DATE" \ | |
| && sudo mkswap "/swapfile.$DATE" \ | |
| && sudo swapon "/swapfile.$DATE" \ | |
| && sudo swapon --show \ | |
| && echo "Created and turned on /swapfile.$DATE" \ | |
| && echo "Note: This is not permanent." | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| } | |
| else | |
| echo "Current swapsize is $FREESWAP. Ok" | |
| break; | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| begin=$(date +%s) | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # update packages list to latest version | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Updating package list to latest version (sudo needed)" | |
| echo "" | |
| PKG_MANAGER="" | |
| command -v dnf >&1 >/dev/null && PKG_MANAGER="dnf" | |
| command -v apt-get >&1 >/dev/null && PKG_MANAGER="apt" | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # some other essentials | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Installing required packages (sudo used)" | |
| echo "" | |
| if [ "$PKG_MANAGER" = "apt" ]; then | |
| sudo apt-get -y install make binutils build-essential gdb git subversion zip unzip pv | |
| sudo apt-get -y install libx11-dev libgtk2.0-dev # for Lazarus, includes all dependencies | |
| if [ "$LCL_PLATFORM" = "qt5" ]; then sudo apt-get -y install libqt5pas-dev; fi | |
| elif [ "$PKG_MANAGER" = "dnf" ]; then | |
| # dnf search gtk2* | |
| sudo dnf -y install make binutils gdb git zip unzip pv | |
| sudo dnf -y install libX11-devel gtk2-devel gtk+-devel # for Lazarus, includes all dependencies | |
| sudo dnf -y install gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel | |
| if [ "$LCL_PLATFORM" = "qt5" ]; then sudo dnf -y install qt5pas-devel; fi | |
| else | |
| echo >&2 "Neither yum/dnf nor apt-get found. Aborting."; exit 1; | |
| fi | |
| # sudo apt-get -y install libx11-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libcairo2-dev lpango-1.0 libpangox-1.0-dev xorg-dev libatk1.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev | |
| # libgtk2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libghc-x11-dev | |
| # or | |
| # xorg-dev libssl-dev libx11-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev | |
| # libcairo2-dev lpango-1.0 libpangox-1.0-dev libatk1.0-dev libgtk2.0-dev | |
| git --version >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require git but it's not installed. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| BASE=$HOME/dev | |
| mkdir -p $BASE | |
| cd $BASE | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # We need a bootstrap compiler fpc 3.2.2 | |
| # There is NONE AVAILABLE so we need to download complete | |
| # fpc-3.2.2.arm-linux-raspberry1wq.tar | |
| # in virtualbox Rasbian stretch we need i386 | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| CPU=$(uname -m) # armv7l, aarch64, x86_64 # note L not 1 | |
| #CPU=$(dpkg --print-architecture) # armhf, arm64, | |
| if [ "$CPU" = "armv7l" ]; then # note L not 1 | |
| echo "Compiling for ARMv7 Processor (Pi2 and higher only)" | |
| OPTIONS_FPC="-g -gl -gw3 -O2 -Xs -CX -XX -v0 -dFPC_ARMHF" | |
| OPTIONS_LAZ="-g -gl -gw3 -v0" | |
| OS_TARGET="linux" | |
| CPU_TARGET="arm" | |
| COMP3_DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/3.2.2/arm-linux/fpc-3.2.2.arm-linux.tar" # complete version | |
| COMP=ppcarm | |
| elif [ "$CPU" = "aarch64" ]; then | |
| echo "Compiling for ARM64 Processor (Pi2 and higher only)" | |
| OPTIONS_FPC="-g -gl -gw3 -O2 -Xs -CX -XX -v0 -dFPC_ARMHF" | |
| OPTIONS_LAZ="-g -gl -gw3 -v0" | |
| OS_TARGET="linux" | |
| CPU_TARGET="aarch64" | |
| COMP3_DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/3.2.2/aarch64-linux/fpc-3.2.2.aarch64-linux.tar" # complete version | |
| COMP=ppca64 | |
| elif [ "$CPU" = "x86_64" ]; then | |
| echo "Compiling for x64 Processor" | |
| OPTIONS_FPC="-g -gl -gw3 -O2 -Xs -CX -XX -v0" | |
| OPTIONS_LAZ="-g -gl -gw3 -v0" | |
| OS_TARGET="linux" | |
| CPU_TARGET="x86_64" | |
| COMP3_DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/3.2.2/x86_64-linux/fpc-3.2.2.x86_64-linux.tar" # complete version | |
| COMP=ppcx64 | |
| elif [ "$CPU" = "i686" ]; then | |
| echo "Compiling for i686 Processor" | |
| OPTIONS_FPC="-g -gl -gw3 -O2 -Xs -CX -XX -v0 -dFPC_I386" | |
| OPTIONS_LAZ="-g -gl -gw3 -v0" | |
| OS_TARGET="linux" | |
| CPU_TARGET="i386" | |
| COMP3_DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.freepascal.org/fpc/dist/3.2.2/i386-linux/fpc-3.2.2.i386-linux.tar" # complete version | |
| COMP=ppc386 | |
| else | |
| echo >&2 "$CPU is not supported as processor (needed armv7l/x86_64/i686). Aborting."; exit 1; | |
| fi | |
| # ------------------------------------------------------ | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| if [ ! -x ./bootstrap/$COMP ]; then | |
| echo "Downloading compiler 3.2.2" | |
| echo "" | |
| wget --continue --quiet -O- $COMP3_DOWNLOAD |\ | |
| tar -O -xf- --wildcards --no-anchored "binary*-linux.tar" --strip=1 |\ | |
| tar -O -xf- --wildcards --no-anchored "base.*-linux.tar.gz" |\ | |
| tar -xzf- --wildcards --no-anchored "lib/fpc/*/ppc*" --transform "s|lib/fpc/.*/ppc|./bootstrap/ppc|" | |
| fi | |
| [ -x ./bootstrap/$COMP ] || { echo >&2 "Bootstrap $BASE/bootstrap/$COMP compiler not found. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| echo "Using bootstrap $BASE/bootstrap/$COMP compiler" | |
| echo "" | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # downloading fpc and lazarus | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| if [ "$zip" = "1" ]; then | |
| wget --continue --quiet -O fpc.zip "https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/archive/main/source-main.zip" | |
| wget --continue --quiet -O laz.zip "https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/archive/main/lazarus-main.zip" | |
| unzip -q fpc.zip | |
| unzip -q laz.zip | |
| mv lazarus-main lazarus | |
| mv source-main fpc | |
| else | |
| if [ "$fpc_git" = "1" ]; then | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Downloading FPC sources $(git -C fpc log -1 2>&1 | grep Date)" | |
| echo "" | |
| [ -d ./fpc ] && { git -C fpc reset --hard && git -C fpc pull -q; } || { git clone https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source.git fpc; } | |
| [ -f ./fpc/Makefile ] || { echo >&2 "Download of fpc failed. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| echo "Now: $(git -C fpc log -1 | grep Date 2>&1)" | |
| echo "" | |
| fi | |
| if [ "$laz_git" = "1" ]; then | |
| echo "Downloading Lazarus sources $(git -C lazarus log -1 2>&1 | grep Date)" | |
| [ -d ./lazarus ] && { git -C lazarus reset --hard && git -C lazarus pull -q; } || { git clone https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus.git lazarus; } | |
| [ -f ./lazarus/Makefile ] || { echo >&2 "Download of fpc failed. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| echo "Now: $(git -C lazarus log -1 | grep Date 2>&1)" | |
| echo "" | |
| fi | |
| if [ "$fpc_version" != "" ]; then | |
| echo "Switch to fpc $fpc_version" | |
| git -C fpc checkout tags/$fpc_version | |
| fi | |
| if [ "$laz_version" != "" ]; then | |
| echo "Switch to lazarus $laz_version" | |
| git -C lazarus checkout tags/$laz_version | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # compiling fpc | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| if [ "$fpc_compile" = "1" ]; then | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Now compiling FPC, this will take some time" | |
| echo "" | |
| cd $BASE/fpc | |
| echo "Cleaning up" | |
| # find . -name "*.ppu" -type f -delete | |
| # find . -name "*.o" -type f -delete | |
| # make clean distclean cleanall > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
| git clean -xdf > /dev/null 2>&1 # will clean untracked files and directories | |
| echo "make -s all install OPT=\"$OPTIONS_FPC\" OS_TARGET=$OS_TARGET CPU_TARGET=$CPU_TARGET INSTALL_PREFIX=$BASE/fpc PP=$BASE/bootstrap/$COMP" | |
| make -s all install OPT="$OPTIONS_FPC" OS_TARGET=$OS_TARGET CPU_TARGET=$CPU_TARGET INSTALL_PREFIX=$BASE/fpc PP=$BASE/bootstrap/$COMP \ | |
| | pv -l -bp -s2500 >$BASE/fpc.log \ | |
| || { echo >&2 "Compilation of FPC failed. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| cd $BASE | |
| [ -x ./fpc/bin/fpc ] || { echo >&2 "Something went wrong compiling FPC. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Doing some extra configuration" | |
| # remove old config | |
| [ -f $HOME/.fpc.cfg ] && rm $HOME/.fpc.cfg | |
| ln -sf $(find $BASE/fpc/lib -name $COMP ) $BASE/fpc/bin/$COMP | |
| ln -sf $(find $BASE/fpc/lib -name samplecfg) $BASE/fpc/bin/samplecfg | |
| # ln -sf $BASE/fpc/lib/fpc/3.3.1/$COMP $BASE/fpc/bin/$COMP | |
| # ln -sf $BASE/fpc/lib/fpc/3.3.1/samplecfg $BASE/fpc/bin/samplecfg | |
| $BASE/fpc/bin/fpcmkcfg -d basepath=$BASE/fpc -o $HOME/.fpc.cfg | |
| # sudo find / -name crtbegin.o | |
| # This library needs to be added to the fpc.cfg file. | |
| cat << EOF >> $HOME/.fpc.cfg | |
| -Fu$BASE/fpc/lib/fpc/\$fpcversion/units/\$fpctarget | |
| -Fu$BASE/fpc/lib/fpc/\$fpcversion/units/\$fpctarget/* | |
| -Fu$BASE/fpc/lib/fpc/\$fpcversion/units/\$fpctarget/rtl | |
| -Fl$(dirname $(gcc --print-file-name=crtbegin.o)) | |
| -FD$BASE/fpc/bin | |
| EOF | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Doing some extra configuration" | |
| echo "" | |
| # set path withhout old fpc | |
| PATH=$(echo $PATH | sed "s|$BASE/fpc/bin\:||g") | |
| # strip previous $BASE from .profile | |
| sed -i '/# FPC PATH/,/fi/d' $HOME/.bash_profile | |
| cat << EOF >> $HOME/.bash_profile | |
| # FPC PATH | |
| if [ -d $BASE/fpc/bin ] ; then | |
| PATH="$BASE/fpc/bin:\$PATH" | |
| fi | |
| EOF | |
| # replace all double empty lines with one | |
| sed -i '/^$/N;/^\n$/D' $HOME/.bash_profile | |
| echo "" | |
| fi # fpc_compile | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| # compiling lazarus | |
| # ====================================================== | |
| if [ "$laz_compile" = "1" ]; then | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Now compiling Lazarus, this will take some time" | |
| echo "" | |
| cd $BASE/lazarus | |
| echo "Cleaning up" | |
| # find . -name "*.ppu" -type f -delete | |
| # find . -name "*.o" -type f -delete | |
| # make clean distclean cleanall > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
| git clean -xdf > /dev/null 2>&1 # will clean untracked files and directories | |
| echo "make -s bigide OS_TARGET=$OS_TARGET CPU_TARGET=$CPU_TARGET OPT=\"$OPTIONS_LAZ\" PP=$BASE/fpc/bin/fpc" | |
| # make bigide OS_TARGET="linux" CPU_TARGET="x86_64" OPT="-g -gl -gw3 -v0" LCL_PLATFORM=qt5 | |
| # make bigide LCL_PLATFORM=qt5 | |
| make -s bigide LCL_PLATFORM=$LCL_PLATFORM OS_TARGET=$OS_TARGET CPU_TARGET=$CPU_TARGET OPT="$OPTIONS_LAZ" PP=$BASE/fpc/bin/fpc \ | |
| | pv -l -bp >$BASE/laz.log \ | |
| || { echo >&2 "Compilation of Lazarus failed. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| cd $BASE | |
| [ -f ./lazarus/lazarus ] || { echo >&2 "Something went wrong compiling Lazarus. Aborting."; exit 1; } | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "Creating desktop icon" | |
| echo "" | |
| # ~/.local/share/applications/Lazarus.desktop | |
| # $HOME/Desktop/Lazarus.desktop | |
| # $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/share/applications/lazarus.desktop | |
| cat << EOF > $HOME/Desktop/Lazarus.desktop | |
| [Desktop Entry] | |
| Name=Lazarus | |
| Comment=Lazarus | |
| Icon=$BASE/lazarus/images/ide_icon48x48.png | |
| Exec=$BASE/lazarus/startlazarus | |
| Path=$BASE/lazarus | |
| Type=Application | |
| Encoding=UTF-8 | |
| Terminal=false | |
| Categories=None; | |
| EOF | |
| fi | |
| end=$(date +%s) | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "$((($end-$begin) / 60)) minutes and $((($end-$begin) % 60)) seconds elapsed." | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "We are done. Please logout and back in before starting Lazarus" | |
| echo "Otherwise you need to supply the fpc location on 1st start" | |
| echo "" | |
| echo "==============================================================" | |
| echo "" |
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