Installing JCL into Delphi 12 from current sources for 64 bit Delphi 12 fails

[alan008]

When checkbox "IDE Experts" is checked for 64 bit installation into Delphi 12 64 bit, it fails with
Fatal: E2202 Required package 'designide' not found

Building C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\ComponentsCommon\JEDI\JCL\packages\d29\JclBaseExpert.dpk...
Cleaning package cache for JclBaseExpert290.bpl
Cleaning ok
Compiling package C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\ComponentsCommon\JEDI\JCL\packages\d29\JclBaseExpert.dpk
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\bin\dcc64.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\ComponentsCommon\JEDI\JCL\packages\d29\JclBaseExpert.dpk" --no-config -U"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\lib\Win64\release" -NU"....\lib\d29\win64" -I"....\lib\d29\win64;....\source\include;" -R"....\lib\d29\win64;....\source\include;" -DBCB;BCB;RELEASE;BCB;RELEASE -U"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\ComponentsCommon\JEDI\JCL\lib\d29\win64;C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\Dcp\Win64;....\lib\d29\win64;....\source\include;" -LU"rtl;vcl;vclx;designide;Jcl;JclDeveloperTools;" -ns"System;System.Win;WinApi;Vcl;Vcl.Imaging;" -LN"C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\ComponentsCommon\JEDI\JCL\lib\d29\win64" -LE"C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\Bpl\Win64"
Embarcadero Delphi for Win64 compiler version 36.0
Copyright (c) 1983,2024 Embarcadero Technologies, Inc.
Fatal: E2202 Required package 'designide' not found
Compilation failure
...failed.

[alan008]

In previuos version of installer Checkbox "IDE Experts" was not present on tab "Delphi 12 64 bit". I unchecked it and istallation went fine. Seems like this checkbox was introduced for installing IDE Exprerts into 64 bit IDE in Delphi 13. If so, maybe it should be visible on tab 64 bit only for Delphi 13 Florence (and newer).

[alan008]

Similar problem occurs during JVCL Istall into Delphi 12 64 bit. In JVCL installator there's no way to set different checkbox for install into 32 bit and 64 bit mode, so problem for JVCL is worse than for JCL:

[alan008]

To perform JVCL installation I had to do 2 things:

1. Uncheck IDE Registration for Delphi 12 64 bit
2. Uncheck all design-time packages for Delphi 12 64 bit

[alan008]

@obones please check if possible.

[obones]

I'm quite sure that's because you hade not installed the latest update for Delphi 12 as it's only with Delphi 12.3 that the x64 IDE has been available: https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Athens/en/64-bit_IDE

[alan008]

Yes, that's true. For now I use Delphi 12.2 and don't have 64 bit IDE.
Was upper-mentioned way of installing current JCL and JVCL correct for my case?

[obones]

Yes, but please note that we only support IDEs with their latest patches installed, so it's not unusual to see this kind of issues.

[alan008]

Thanks for the answer!

with their latest patches installed

As with Embarcadero, it is not always obvious (last 5 years or so) what really is a patch and what is a full new version. Sometimes they deploy hotfix (runme.bat), sometimes "inline patch" (version with hotfix already included), sometimes (as with 12, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3) it looked more than a full new version, despite the fact they didn't change library suffix, compiler version etc.

I understood the approach! Thank you for your help!

PS Maybe Issues section on github can be more convinient for this type of reports, than duscussions...