This release is generally a bug fix release. The most important thing is that this version supports FPC 2.6.2. So no more installing FPC yourself! And the loading time is freakin’ fast!
What’s new in Lazarus
If you are eager to see many new functions then this version will not satisfy you that much. This is basically a bug fix release. The major thing is that it has Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) version 2.6.2, the latest stable version till date.
Another thing is that, UPX is no longer being shipped with FPC. The versions of FPC greater than 2.6.0 has no UPX included. But UPX can be used by downloading it from: upx.sourceforge.net
For instructions on how to use UPX with the newer FPCs, check out here.
Besides that, the loading time is very fast. It loads about one third the time of loading time of 1.0.6! it is a significant speed increase.
Many Bugs are fixed in this release. For details click here.
Download
The release is available for download at SourceForge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/
Choose your CPU, OS, distro and then the “Lazarus 1.0.8” directory.
Minimum requirements:
Windows: 98, 2k, XP, Vista, 7, 32 or 64bit
FreeBSD/Linux: gtk 2.8 or qt4.5, 32 or 64bit
Mac OS X: 10.5, LCL only 32bit, non LCL apps can be 64bit
Alternate Download
For people who are blocked by SF, the Lazarus releases from SourceForge
are mirrored at:
ftp://freepascal.dfmk.hu/pub/lazarus/releases/
and later at (after some time for synchronization)
http://michael-ep3.physik.uni-halle.de/Lazarus/releases/
and
http://mirrors.iwi.me/lazarus/
How to install guide
You can click here for an installation guide.
Also see this post for an exclusive guide for installing Lazarus 1.0.10 in Ubuntu 13.04 (you can follow the same guide to install in previous versions, such as 12.04 LTS, 12.10 etc.).
