[fpc-pascal] command for Linux for me to create fp ?

[Tomas Hajny]

On 17 Jan 11, at 4:27, Pew (piffle.the.cat) wrote:

> Hi Robert,
> 
> On 01/17/2011 03:59 AM, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> > Robert Wolfe wrote:
> >> On 01/16/2011 11:03 AM, Pew (piffle.the.cat) wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to build fp from 3.5.1 snapshot and I don't know what the
> >>> command is.
> >>>
> >>> I have downloaded fpc-2.5.1.i386-linux.tar.gz and extracted to
> >>> /juni/fpc and downloaded fpcbuild.zip and extracted to /juni/3.5.1/.
> >>>
> >>> I cannot find any instructions on how I can build fp from the source.
> >>> What is the command for Linux for me to create fp ?
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards,
> >>> pew
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org
> >>> http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
> >>>
> >>
> >> Pew, knowling how to build anything under linux is a fundamental skill
> >> that's necessary to run linux. However, the usual way to build
> >> binaries from source code is to run ./configure first from the source
> >> code parent directory, then run make then run 'make install' as sudo.
> >
> > Robert, I'm not sure you're being helpful since FPC does not use
> > ./configure.
> >
> > Peter, I do not claim to be an experienced builder and I usually work
> > from a source release (currently 2.4.2) rather than from SVN so your
> > mileage may vary.
> >
> > You will need the standard Linux binary utilities (as, ar, ld, make),
> > how you get those depends on what distro you're using.
> >
> > cd ..../fpcsrc
> > make NOGDB=1 clean all
> 
> This command worked.
> 
> > make install
> 
> This command did not work.
> 
> ls shows these files.
> 
> createbranch.sh
> demo
> fpcdocs
> fpcsrc
> install
> logs
> ls_result
> Makefile
> Makefile.fpc
> readme.rev
> 
> sh ./createbranch.sh > temp1
> gives this temp1 output.
> 
> Usage: createbranch.sh <branch/tag name>
> 
> Example: createbranch.sh branches/fixes_2_1
>           createbranch.sh tags/release_2_0_4
> 
> This makes no sense to me at all. Can someone please explain this to me.

createbranch.sh is not relevant for you, don't worry about it. Go to 
fpcsrc ("cd fpcsrc") and use the make command proposed in the other e-
mail.

Tomas