Cannot compile FPC 1.9.5
lazarus / 1-Linux

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Rookie_One · 2004-12-12 14:24

Hi,

I'm trying to get Lazarus working. As the binaries are in RPM format
only and I'm using Slackware, which has no RPM support, I wanted to
compile it, but it turned out that my FPC is too old. I downloaded FPC
1.9.5, read the README carefully and tried to compile it:

Code: [Select]root@spearhead:/work/fpc/compiler# make
COMPILER_OPTIONS="GDB;I386"
/usr/bin/mkdir -p i386/units/i386-linux
/usr/bin/ppc386   -dUNIX -di386 -dGDB -dBROWSERLOG -Fux86 GDB;I386
-Fui386 -Fusystems -Fu../rtl -Fii386 -FE. -FUi386/units/i386-linux
pp.pas
Free Pascal Compiler version 1.0.10 [2003/06/26] for i386
Copyright (c) 1993-2003 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for i386
Compiling GDB
Fatal: Can't open file GDB
/bin/sh: line 1: I386: command not found
make: *** [ppc386] Error 127
root@spearhead:/work/fpc/compiler#

WTF? I tried just plain make:

Code: [Select]root@spearhead:/work/fpc/compiler# make
/usr/bin/ppc386   -dUNIX -di386 -dGDB -dBROWSERLOG -Fux86 -Fui386
-Fusystems -Fu../rtl -Fii386 -FE. -FUi386/units/i386-linux pp.pas
Free Pascal Compiler version 1.0.10 [2003/06/26] for i386
Copyright (c) 1993-2003 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Linux for i386
Compiling pp.pas
Compiling catch.pas
catch.pas(48,13) Fatal: Can't find unit BASEUNIX
make: *** [ppc386] Error 1
root@spearhead:/work/fpc/compiler#

WTF is going on? Could someone tell me which parameters should I use?
I've already got FPC 1.0.10.

TIA,

Rookie One

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Vincent Snijders · 2004-12-12 20:14

Try
Code: [Select]make all
make install in the fpc directory.

For the full story see the FPC Build FAQ

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Rookie_One · 2004-12-12 20:52

Yay, it works!!! :mrgreen: Thanks so much! I wonder how come I haven't
come across this FAQ already...

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Anonymous · 2004-12-12 20:57

Once you've untarred the .tgz archive, you only need to copy the
makepack file in the install directory to the parent directory and run
./makepack. Although saying that the latest snapshot doesn't seem to
want to compile on Slackware for me so I'm using fpc 1.9.5-20041129
and lazarus 0.9.2.3. I think it must be something peculiar in my
system setup though as some snapshots work whilst others don't, and
it's not limited to those from Free Pascal and Lazarus.

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Rookie One · 2004-12-13 16:18

Damn, I forgot my password... :evil:

Anyway, I've just created a Slackware package of FPC 1.9.5 04120!
I'll try to submit it to Linuxpackages.net. How about me being the
Slackware package mantainer?  There are RPMs only at the moment...

And why the hell don't they say ncurses is needed to compile this???
:evil: