[fpc-devel] can't install binary FPC 2.2 under Linux

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi,

I've downloaded FPC 2.2 binary for Linux from SourceForge.  I can't
seem to install it?  What does that error message mean?  I don't do
cross compiling and I run on a i386 computer (Intel P4 32bit
processor).


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graemeg at pluto:tmp$ sudo ./fpc-2.2.0.i386-linux.tar
This shell script will attempt to install the Free Pascal Compiler
version 2.2.0 with the items you select

Install prefix (/usr or /usr/local)  [/usr/local] : /opt/fpc-2.2.0
No native FPC found.
For a proper installation of a cross FPC the installation of a native
FPC is required.
graemeg at pluto:tmp$
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I've also tried specifying the /usr/local directory and still get the
same error.

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graemeg at pluto:tmp$ sudo ./fpc-2.2.0.i386-linux.tar
This shell script will attempt to install the Free Pascal Compiler
version 2.2.0 with the items you select

Install prefix (/usr or /usr/local)  [/usr/local] :
No native FPC found.
For a proper installation of a cross FPC the installation of a native
FPC is required.
graemeg at pluto:tmp$
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For now I'll just check out the source from SVN and compile it
manually - that always seem to work for me.


Regards,
  - Graeme -