[fpc-pascal] FPC & fpGUI runs happily under OpenSolaris 2010.03

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After reading a post about another FPC developers trying to get a
> development system up and running under Solaris 10, I got curious. I
> downloaded OpenSolaris 2010.03 (dev 134). Installation was painless
> inside VirtualBox. Downloaded FPC's 2.4.4 release for Solaris.
> Installation was the easiest ever using that extra install script! [Yes
> even easier than under Linux or Windows] :)
> 
> I then went ahead and installed git and GNU binutils packages, so I can
> get some source code and so that FPC can link executables. Again nothing
> difficult there. I pulled source code for fpGUI from the repository, and
> fired off the build.sh script. One minor compiler error that I quickly
> fixed. Reran the build script. Oh yeah!!! 2nd compile and it worked
> perfectly! :-D
> 
> I went ahead and compiled a few more apps: The UIDesigner (fpGUI's
> visual form designer), fpgIDE (an example project resembling and IDE)
> and a few other example projects. They all worked without a hitch!
> 
> 
> Here are some screenshots.
> 
>    http://opensoft.homeip.net:8080/~graemeg/fpgui_on_solaris-1.png
>    http://opensoft.homeip.net:8080/~graemeg/fpgui_on_solaris-2.png
> 
>  or if your ISP or company blocks DynDns domains...
> 
>    http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=182330
> 
> 
> That means fpGUI Toolkit now runs under the following platforms:
>  - Linux
>  - FreeBSD
>  - DesktopBSD
>  - OpenSolaris
>  - Embedded Linux
>  - Windows
>  - Windows CE.
>  - Mac OSX 10.6.x (via the built-in X11 support)
> 
> 
> Kudos to the Free Pascal Compiler team for doing a great job once again.
> FPC rocks!

Well done and thanks for testing. If you have any thoughts please could 
you append them to the wiki page 
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_on_Solaris since this also 
deals with FPC as a prerequisite.

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

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