[fpc-pascal] FPC + fpGUI + Raspberry Pi = fantastic

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I received my Raspberry Pi today, and had a bit of a play. I'm using the 
> Debian 6 OS with my Pi. I downloaded the FPC+fpGUI ARM archive (only a 
> 3.5MB download), packaged by Paul Breneman.

Nice one.

> All I had to do to get my projects to link successfully, was to install 
> a few missing packages, which were not included with the Debian 6 distro 
> for the Pi.
> 
>   sudo apt-get update
>   sudo apt-get install libX11-dev libXft-dev
> 
> I'll have to speak to somebody to see if they could include it as 
> standard - after all, the Pi is meant for developers to play with. If 
> anybody has contacts, please let me know.

I think I've had to install those on any Debian system I've used for 
development, so for any change you'd be up against the entire Debian 
philosophy. Good luck.

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