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

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 7 Dec 2015, Bo Berglund wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 20:27:12 +0100 (CET), Michael Van Canneyt
> <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
>
>> There is a command-line installer on the ftp site for fpc, after that you should build lazarus itself.
>>
>> As it happens, I am currently writing an article on how to install lazarus on Linux mint 17.3 from zero.
>> It does describe compiling lazarus.
>>
>> I can send it to you when it is finished.
>
> Thanks, please do!
> I bit the bullet and did the following, hopefully it is not way off
> like my experiments on a Raspberry Pi2 were:
>
> 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...

This is the way to go. You don't need my article :-)

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

That should be pretty straightforward as well.

Michael.