Lazarus - dependency from LCL

[alexs75]

Is it possible to remove the dependency LCL? It is needed for work where there is no GUI. For example - on web servers.

[papelhigienico]

Yes, I think that this is possible.

[EgonHugeist]

AFAIK Zeos is made for FPC and for LCL+FPC.

[alexs75]

Can select the visual part in a separate package? As I understand it is only editor UpdateSQL. The problem is critical for console applications that can run without X-server in Linux.

[EgonHugeist]

Again: There are weak dependencies to LCL. I know only about one direct: LConvencoding but this automatically turns off if no LCL was detected.

there is also a {$WITH_PROPERTY_EDITOR} define in Zeos.inc to disable all component registrations.

IMO for a non GUI app you should better use the DBC-Layer which akts twize faster than the TZDataSet-descendants... Just test it.