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

[Lev Lafayette]

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)

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)


> > 
> > Umm... Less than satisfactory, verdade?
> 
> Definitely. 
> Please provide slightly more detail, and we'll see what we can
> do to make it a satisfactory experience... :)
> 


Excellent! I like this community already ;-)


All the best,


Lev