[fpc-pascal] fpc & Lazarus with 64-bit

[Vincent Snijders]

J.L. Blom schreef:
> On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 07:11 +0200, Vincent Snijders wrote:
>> Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:
>>> On 7/2/06, Alain Michaud <Alain.Michaud at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Question - 2 :
>>>>
>>>> Is there a special Lazarus version for AMD64 ? Does it work on AMD64 ?
>>>
>>> Please test! =) There is no pre-compiled binary for download, that´s
>>> for sure, but this may be because there is no mainteiner. I think it
>>> works. Well, it even works on win64!
>>>
>>> If this does work, you could consider taking the Lazarus source RPM,
>>> compile it and produce a amd64 rpm package, and send it back to be
>>> included as a Lazarus download.
>>>
>> There are no x86_64 rpms, because at first we didn't have access to a 
>> x86_64 to build it. When I got (ssh-)access to one I started building 
>> snapshots using fpc 2.1.1, see 
>> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/Lazarus_Snapshots_Downloads 
>> for downloads. (Don't forget to read the disclaimer.)
>>
>> IMHO fpc 2.0.2 is not stable enough for lazarus on x86_64, so no 
>> releases are made yet. I hope the upcoming fpc 2.0.4 will be good enough.
>>
>> Vincent.
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> Akain, Filipe, Vincent,
> Thanks for your answers and advice.
> At least it's reassuring that's not ignorance on my side that causes the
> problems. With the limited use of the examples ( I only tested a few) it
> seems that fpc 2.0.2-4.fc5 (is that a snapshot version? I can't find it
> on the site) is working "out-of-the-(rpm)box" but that the IDE fails. Of
> course you can write programs using some editor but from the earliest
> (Borland) pascal on, the IDE was an invaluable tool. I would like to
> know why it won't start in a 64-bit environment and if there is a source
> that can be compiled separately and is compatible with fpc 2.0.2-4.fc5.
> Filipe, I will try to compile a source but I assume I have to change the
> makefile rather heavily to account for the different environment and the
> different fpc version. Although being retired my time is limited (for
> various reasons) so it may take a while.

There are no 64 bits rpms for lazarus, except for snapshots.

So either use the snapshot rpms (http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/), release 
source rpms 
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89339&package_id=192183&release_id=420760) 
or follow the steps to compile from source:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/Installing_Lazarus#Installing_from_source

Note, that you need three things: fpc, source code of fpc units (for code 
completion, e.g. fpc-src-2.0.2.xxx.rpm) and lazarus

Vincent