On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 09:10 +0100, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, Lev Lafayette wrote: > > > On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 15:58 +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, 28 Oct 2006, Lev Lafayette wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > First let me say how pleased I am to discover FreePascal. 'Twas my > > > > favourite programming language way back around 1988-89, being the last > > > > time I put my serious programming goggles on. > > > > > > > > So I'm trying to set this leopard up on Ubuntu (the Badger variety) and > > > > am following the user manual. > > > > > > > > Downloaded the .tar file; extracted to a temporary directory. (p11) > > > > > > > > Ran the install script as root (or rather, equivalent thereof) > > > > sudo ./install.sh and accepted all defaults (p12) > > > > > > > > Ran the test 'fpc hello' (p14). It fails. Run it will full directory > > > > listing, even tho' config has been written to /etc. Still fails. > > > > > > Ehm. What is the error you get ? > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units$ fpc hello > > Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/20] for i386 > > Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl > > Target OS: Linux for i386 > > Compiling hello.pp > > hello.pp(6,3) Error: Can't create object file: hello.o > > hello.pp(6,3) Fatal: Can't create object hello.o > > hello.pp(6,3) Fatal: Compilation aborted > > Error: /usr/local/bin/ppc386 returned an error exitcode (normal if you > > did not specify a source file to be compiled) > > This is normal, you don't have write permission in > usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units, > it's owned by root. >
Well that was as expected... I'd be strange if it *did* work ;-) > > > > Ran it as sudo as well > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.0.4/units$ sudo fpc hello > > Password: > > Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/20] for i386 > > Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl > > Target OS: Linux for i386 > > Compiling hello.pp > > Linking hello > > hello.pp(6,3) Error: Util ld not found, switching to external linking > > Error: /usr/local/bin/ppc386 returned an error exitcode (normal if you > > did not specify a source file to be compiled) > > This means you don't have the gnu binutils (as, ld) installed. > Just install them using the Ubuntu package manager, and all > should be well. The package should be called binutils. Ahh, cheers. That worked (current installation now on OpenSuSe 10.1 - Ubuntu upgrade went haywire). One other query... During installation there was reference to a TextmodeIDE. I take it this is supposed to be like the MS-Windows IDE and like the TurboPascal critter from all those years ago, verdade? If this is so, where does it live in the filesystem? Not that coding in vi(m)/emacs/pico etc is a problem as such... All the best, Lev _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
