[fpc-pascal] Linux Install: Is it me or the documentation? ;-)

[Lev Lafayette]

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 09:10 +0100, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Lev Lafayette wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 15:58 +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Lev Lafayette wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > First let me say how pleased I am to discover FreePascal. 'Twas my
> > > > favourite programming language way back around 1988-89, being the last
> > > > time I put my serious programming goggles on.
> > > > 
> > > > So I'm trying to set this leopard up on Ubuntu (the Badger variety) and
> > > > am following the user manual.
> > > > 
> > > > Downloaded the .tar file; extracted to a temporary directory. (p11)
> > > > 
> > > > Ran the install script as root (or rather, equivalent thereof)
> > > > sudo ./install.sh and accepted all defaults (p12)
> > > > 
> > > > Ran the test 'fpc hello' (p14). It fails. Run it will full directory
> > > > listing, even tho' config has been written to /etc. Still fails.
> > > 
> > > Ehm. What is the error you get ?
> > 
> > 
> > lev at hedgehog:/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units$ fpc hello
> > Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/20] for i386
> > Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
> > Target OS: Linux for i386
> > Compiling hello.pp
> > hello.pp(6,3) Error: Can't create object file: hello.o
> > hello.pp(6,3) Fatal: Can't create object hello.o
> > hello.pp(6,3) Fatal: Compilation aborted
> > Error: /usr/local/bin/ppc386 returned an error exitcode (normal if you
> > did not specify a source file to be compiled)
> 
> This is normal, you don't have write permission in usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units,
> it's owned by root. 
> 

Well that was as expected... I'd be strange if it *did* work ;-)

> > 
> > Ran it as sudo as well
> > 
> > lev at hedgehog:/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units$ sudo fpc hello
> > Password:
> > Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/20] for i386
> > Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
> > Target OS: Linux for i386
> > Compiling hello.pp
> > Linking hello
> > hello.pp(6,3) Error: Util ld not found, switching to external linking
> > Error: /usr/local/bin/ppc386 returned an error exitcode (normal if you
> > did not specify a source file to be compiled)
> 
> This means you don't have the gnu binutils (as, ld) installed.
> Just install them using the Ubuntu package manager, and all 
> should be well. The package should be called binutils.

Ahh, cheers. That worked (current installation now on OpenSuSe 10.1 -
Ubuntu upgrade went haywire).

One other query... During installation there was reference to a
TextmodeIDE. I take it this is supposed to be like the MS-Windows IDE
and like the TurboPascal critter from all those years ago, verdade? If
this is so, where does it live in the filesystem? Not that coding in
vi(m)/emacs/pico etc is a problem as such...

All the best,


Lev