[fpc-pascal] Installing on Mac OS X

[Paul]

I had installed Lazarus also, but I can't find it either.
I'll need to buy a book 'using Mac OS/X' first, the doc shipped with the 
iMac are .. nothing.
Maybe there is a userguide.pdf available, but studying from a screen is not 
my kind of thing.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonas Maebe" <jonas.maebe at elis.ugent.be>
To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Installing on Mac OS X


>
> On 31 Aug 2008, at 12:57, Paul wrote:
>
>>> You did not read the file "Getting Started.rtf" on the  installation 
>>> disk image, nor the "Quick start - Mac OS X/Darwin"  of the file 
>>> ReadMe.txt in the same location.
>>
>> I printed an read it prior to installing.
>> I've asked a collegue to come and check it, but he can't get it  running 
>> either.
>
> FPC is just a compiler, like dcc.exe. "Getting it to run" involves  typing 
> "fpc" followed by a source file.
>
>> We couldn't figure out the difference between methods 1 and 2.
>
> Method 1 is what you have done. Method 2 is if you are using fink  (which 
> you aren't, unless you downloaded and installed it).
>
>> It should be installed though: entering fpc in Terminal shows it
>
> This means that you got FPC up and running.
>
>> We're both Windows-only developers though...
>
> As for Lazarus, it is installed in a completely non-standard location  for 
> a GUI app: /usr/local/share/lazarus.app (if I remember correctly).  It 
> would be better if it were installed either in /Applications or / 
> Developer/Applications instead, so you can find it like any other 
> application. Another useful addition would be for its installer to  open 
> up the containing folder after it's installed (by adding a  postflight 
> script with the "open" command), so you don't have to go  hunting for it.
>
> For help with Lazarus specifically you may want to use the Lazarus  list 
> though: http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/ lazarus (but 
> you can ask here as well).
>
>
> Jonas
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