[fpc-pascal] Can fpc 3.0 release be installed using apt-get on Linux Mint?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:52:35 +0100
Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 20:27:12 +0100 (CET), Michael Van Canneyt
> <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
>[...]
> 1) Went to http://www.freepascal.org/down/i386/linux-hungary.var 
> 
> 2) Downloaded the "everything" file
> ftp://ftp.hu.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/dist/3.0.0/i386-linux/fpc-3.0.0.i386-linux.tar
> 
> 3) Extracted its contents to the Download dir
> 
> 4) Then I entered the directory and issued the command:
> sudo sh install.sh
> 
> 5) During installation I was asked to select target and entered
> /usr/local as I was told in another case some time ago.
> 
> 6) Then I just replied Y to most of the questions and it installed
> apparently just fine.
> At least it responds to my fpc -h command...

That is the right way.

As an alternative you can install the FPC 2.6.4 deb (e.g. from the
Lazarus site), then download the FPC 3.0.0 sources and 'make install'
them.

> Now I have to deal with Lazarus, but that is another list/forum...

Lazarus needs libgtk2.0-dev, which should automatically install
libgtk2.0-common.

Lazarus 1.6RC1 will be available soon and it provides deb
packages for FPC 3.0.0 and Lazarus.

Mattias