Zaphodsmap for Linux Lazarus

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Hi Ann,

zaphodsmap / Wiki / Home (maintained by HREF Tools Corp)

I see some references to Linux distros. That’s encouraging, but how is this meant? What is then the recommended way of using Zaphodsmap on Linux (using Lazarus)?

Thanks,
Ronan

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Hi Ann,

Ok, some more digging.

TNativeXml: XML component for Delphi and Kylix (maintained by HREF Tools Corp)

TNativeXml Requirements and/or Compatible Software:
Delphi or FreePascal

Is this accurate, which version of Free Pascal is this tested, anything to be aware of?

Thanks,
Ronan

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See https://sourceforge.net/p/zaphodsmap/wiki/browse_pages/ There is a page with info for Ubuntu, and one for CentOS. Those are the 2 I figured out at the time.

Essentially, you just need a global env var named ZaphodsMap, pointing to a reasonable folder as the top of the configuration tree.

There are some DUnitX tests https://sourceforge.net/p/zaphodsmap/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/ZaphodsMap/Tests_DUnitX/ which you should get it if you svn checkout the project. Those should let you test some basic functionality on any distro.

The trouble I had was never with ZaphodsMap or NativeXML. It was further into the cross-platform IPC between runner, Hub and apps.

Let me know which FPC you test with.

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Hi Ann,

Thanks for the references :slight_smile:
Yes, I will be using Lazarus 2.2 which is built with FPC 3.2.2.
This is latest version as of 05 JAN 2022.

Best regards,
Ronan