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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY fpc-bin-x86-dl "https://mirror.freemirror.org/pub/fpc/dist/&freepascal-bin-version;/x86_64-linux/fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;-x86_64-linux.tar">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY fpc-bin-x86-bldsize "x.x MB">
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <!ENTITY fpc-bin-i686-dl "https://mirror.freemirror.org/pub/fpc/dist/&freepascal-bin-version;/i386-linux/fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;.i386-linux.tar">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY fpc-bin-i686-md5sum "2d9dece3f2c83a82cb07e422e59ca91e">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY fpc-bin-i686-size "146.7 MB">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY fpc-bin-i686-bldsize "x.x MB">
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <!ENTITY fpc-src-dl "https://mirror.freemirror.org/pub/fpc/dist/&freepascal-version;/source/fpc-&freepascal-version;.source.tar.gz">
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| 18 | <!ENTITY fpc-src-md5sum "e7649ad0fc9230fdd9493a7fcabbd426">
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| 19 | <!ENTITY fpc-src-size "49.8 MB">
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| 20 | <!ENTITY fpc-src-bldsize "x.x MB">
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| 21 |
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| 22 | <!ENTITY fpc-tmp-target "/opt/fpc-temp">
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| 23 | ]>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <!--
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| 26 | TODO:
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| 27 | The instructions below does the bootstrap by using a
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| 28 | binary package to compile the compiler.
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| 29 | I've never tested whether the built compiler is capable
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| 30 | to recompile itself, maybe it work, maybe not. With the
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| 31 | compiler which is installed, building QT5PAS and Lazarus
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| 32 | (the Delphi-like GUI) with QT or GTK2 toolkits does work.
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| 33 |
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| 34 | We definitly should test this and maybe tweak the instructions
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| 35 | to do a correct build to enable this.
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| 36 | -->
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <sect1 id="fpc" xreflabel="FreePascal-&freepascal-version;">
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| 39 | <?dbhtml filename="fpc.html"?>
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| 40 |
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| 41 | <sect1info>
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| 42 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 43 | </sect1info>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <title>FreePascal-&freepascal-version;</title>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <indexterm zone="java">
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| 48 | <primary sortas="a-java">FreePascal Binary</primary>
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| 49 | </indexterm>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <sect2 id="fpc-bin" xreflabel="FPC Binary" role="package">
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| 52 | <title>Binary FreePascal Information</title>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <para>
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| 55 | FreePascal is a compiler software used to translate Pascal
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| 56 | source code to executable programs. An introductory Pascal
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| 57 | program looks like:
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| 58 | </para>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <screen><literal>program Hello;
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| 61 | begin
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| 62 | writeln('Hello world!');
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| 63 | end.</literal></screen>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | The <application>FreePascal</application> package does not only
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| 67 | contain the compiler itself but also a complete semi-graphical,
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| 68 | text based IDE. This IDE can be operated using keyboard commands
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| 69 | and by mouse interaction. The IDE is constructed with a toolkit
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| 70 | previously named <application>Turbo Vision</application> which
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| 71 | was introduced by Borland somewhere back in the MS-DOS age
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| 72 | together with <application>Turbo Pascal 6.0</application>
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| 73 | - that was in Nov. 1990. This toolbox is available for own
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| 74 | programs, too.
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| 75 | </para>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <para>
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| 78 | Creating the <application>FreePascal</application> compiler from
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| 79 | source requires a <application>FreePascal</application> compiler
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| 80 | to be available. This is a circular dependency which can be
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| 81 | solved by using a precompiled package.
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| 82 | </para>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>
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| 85 | To start, we set up a binary installation of <application>FreePascal</application>
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| 86 | created by the FreePascal development team. It is installed in
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| 87 | the <filename>/opt</filename> directory. Using this temporary
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| 88 | compiler installation, the compiler can be created from source.
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| 89 | After this step is done, the temporary compiler can be easily
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| 90 | removed.
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| 91 | </para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | &lfs110a_checked;
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Binary Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 96 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 97 | <listitem>
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| 98 | <para>
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| 99 | Binary download (x86): <ulink url="&fpc-bin-i686-dl;"/>
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| 100 | </para>
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| 101 | </listitem>
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| 102 | <listitem>
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| 103 | <para>
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| 104 | Download MD5 sum: &fpc-bin-i686-md5sum;
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 | </listitem>
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| 107 | <listitem>
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| 108 | <para>
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| 109 | Download size (binary): &fpc-bin-i686-size;
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| 110 | </para>
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| 111 | </listitem>
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| 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>
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| 114 | Estimated disk space required: &fpc-bin-i686-bldsize;
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| 115 | </para>
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| 116 | </listitem>
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| 117 | </itemizedlist>
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| 118 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 119 | <listitem>
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| 120 | <para>
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| 121 | Binary download (x86_64): <ulink url="&fpc-bin-x86-dl;"/>
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| 122 | </para>
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| 123 | </listitem>
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| 124 | <listitem>
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| 125 | <para>
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| 126 | Download MD5 sum: &fpc-bin-x86-md5sum;
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| 127 | </para>
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| 128 | </listitem>
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| 129 | <listitem>
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| 130 | <para>
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| 131 | Download size (binary): &fpc-bin-x86-size;
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| 132 | </para>
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| 133 | </listitem>
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| 134 | <listitem>
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| 135 | <para>
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| 136 | Estimated disk space required: &fpc-bin-x86-bldsize;
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| 137 | </para>
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| 138 | </listitem>
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| 139 | </itemizedlist>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Source Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 142 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 143 | <listitem>
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| 144 | <para>
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| 145 | Source download: <ulink url="&fpc-src-dl;"/>
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 | </listitem>
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| 148 | <listitem>
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| 149 | <para>
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| 150 | Download MD5 sum: &fpc-src-md5sum;
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| 151 | </para>
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| 152 | </listitem>
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>
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| 155 | Download size (binary): &fpc-src-size;
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 | </listitem>
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| 158 | <listitem>
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| 159 | <para>
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| 160 | Estimated disk space required: &fpc-src-bldsize;
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| 161 | </para>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </itemizedlist>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 166 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>
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| 169 | Optional patch (Required if building on i686 systems):
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| 170 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/fpc-&freepascal-version;-glibc_2.34-1.patch"/>
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| 171 | </para>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </itemizedlist>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">FreePascal Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 176 | <para role="required">
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| 177 | <xref linkend="gdb"/> (with static library libgdb.a)
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| 178 | </para>
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| 179 |
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| 180 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 181 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/fpc"/></para>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | </sect2>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 186 | <title>Installation of FreePascal</title>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <note>
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| 189 | <para>
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| 190 | While installation it is required to have administrator
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| 191 | privileges. It is assumed that the current user is allowed
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| 192 | to use <command>sudo</command> to gain full privileges.
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| 193 | </para>
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| 194 | <para>
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| 195 | Even a temporary binary compiler must be installed prior to
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| 196 | compile the compiler from the source, it is assumed that the
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| 197 | <application>FreePascal</application> sources has been
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| 198 | extracted and the current directory has been changed to it just
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| 199 | like as usual.
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| 200 | </para>
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| 201 | </note>
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| 202 |
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| 203 | <para>
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| 204 | Begin by extracting the appropriate binary tarball for your
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| 205 | architecture and changing to the extracted directory. This
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| 206 | extraction is performed within the extracted source directory.
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| 207 | Install the binary <application>FreePascal</application> and
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| 208 | remove some unused files with the following commands:
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| 209 | </para>
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| 210 |
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| 211 | <screen><userinput>case "$(uname -m)" in
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| 212 | i?86)
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| 213 | tar -xf ../../fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;.i386-linux.tar &&
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| 214 | cd fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;.i386-linux
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| 215 | ;;
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| 216 | x86_64)
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| 217 | tar -xf ../../fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;-x86_64-linux.tar &&
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| 218 | cd fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;-x86_64-linux
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| 219 | ;;
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| 220 | esac &&
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| 221 | rm demo.tar.gz &&
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| 222 | rm doc-pdf.tar.gz &&
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| 223 | sed -e 's;PREFIX=/usr;test -z "$PREFIX" \&\& &;' -i install.sh</userinput></screen>
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| 224 |
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| 225 | <para>
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| 226 | Prepare the install directory for the temporary compiler and
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| 227 | make it writable to the current user by executing as the
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| 228 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 229 | </para>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -dm755 -o $(id -u) &fpc-tmp-target;</userinput></screen>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <para>
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| 234 | Install the temporary compiler:
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| 235 | </para>
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| 236 |
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| 237 | <screen><userinput>yes "" | { PREFIX=&fpc-tmp-target; ./install.sh; }</userinput></screen>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <para>Remove the extracted binary objects:</para>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <screen><userinput>cd .. &&
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| 242 | case "$(uname -m)" in
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| 243 | i?86)
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| 244 | rm -rf fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;.i386-linux
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| 245 | ;;
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| 246 | x86_64)
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| 247 | rm -rf fpc-&freepascal-bin-version;-x86_64-linux
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| 248 | ;;
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| 249 | esac</userinput></screen>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para>
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| 252 | The binary version is now installed in
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| 253 | <filename class="directory">&fpc-tmp-target;</filename> and
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| 254 | can be used to create the compiler and utilities from source.
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| 255 | </para>
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| 256 | <para>
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| 257 | If building on i686 systems (32-bit), a patch is required
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| 258 | to overcome an issue with glibc-2.34.
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| 259 | </para>
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| 260 |
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| 261 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../fpc-&freepascal-version;-glibc_2.34-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <para>
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| 264 | Compile the <application>FreePascal</application> compiler
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| 265 | and tools by executing the following commands:
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| 266 | </para>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <screen><userinput>PATH=&fpc-tmp-target;/bin:$PATH make clean &&
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| 269 | PATH=&fpc-tmp-target;/bin:$PATH make OVERRIDEVERSIONCHECK=1 all</userinput></screen>
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| 270 |
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| 271 | <para>
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| 272 | Install the <application>FreePascal</application> compiler
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| 273 | and tools by executing the following commands as the
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| 274 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 275 |
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| 276 | <screen role="root"><userinput>PATH=&fpc-tmp-target;/bin:$PATH make -j1 PREFIX=/usr install &&
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| 277 | case "$(uname -m)" in
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| 278 | i?86)
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| 279 | ln -svf /usr/lib/fpc/&freepascal-version;/ppc386 /usr/bin/
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| 280 | ;;
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| 281 | x86_64)
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| 282 | ln -svf /usr/lib/fpc/&freepascal-version;/ppcx64 /usr/bin/
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| 283 | ;;
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| 284 | esac</userinput></screen>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <para>
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| 287 | Now that the compiler has been created from source, the temporary
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| 288 | compiler in <filename class="directory">&fpc-tmp-target;</filename>
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| 289 | can be removed. Execute the following commands as the
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| 290 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 291 | </para>
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| 292 |
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| 293 | <screen role="root"><userinput>rm -rf /etc/fppkg* &&
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| 294 | rm -rf /etc/fpc.* &&
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| 295 | rm -rf &fpc-tmp-target;</userinput></screen>
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| 296 |
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| 297 | </sect2>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 300 | <title>Configuring FreePascal</title>
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| 301 |
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| 302 | <para>
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| 303 | A default configuration file <filename>/etc/fpc.cfg</filename>
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| 304 | can be created by a tool which is part of the compiler suite.
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| 305 | Generate the default config file as the
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| 306 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 307 | </para>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <screen role="root"><userinput>/usr/lib/fpc/&freepascal-version;/samplecfg /usr/lib/fpc/&freepascal-version; /etc &&
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| 310 | cat >> /etc/fpc.cfg <<EOF
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| 311 | #ifdef cpux86_64
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| 312 | # for x86_64 use -fPIC by default
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| 313 | -Cg
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| 314 | #endif
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| 315 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 316 |
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| 317 | <para>
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| 318 | If you are going to use QT (most likely when building Lazarus
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| 319 | with the QT library), add the QT library path to the config as the
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| 320 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 321 | </para>
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| 322 |
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| 323 | <screen role="root"><userinput>sed -e "/^-Fl\/usr\/lib\/fpc/a -Fl/opt/qt5/lib" \
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| 324 | -i /etc/fpc.cfg</userinput></screen>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <para>
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| 327 | It is highly recommended that the compiler sources are available
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| 328 | for later use. To extract the sources at a proper location,
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| 329 | execute the following command as the
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| 330 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 331 | </para>
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| 332 |
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| 333 | <!--
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| 334 | not sure if we can simply copy the files in $PWD as they may
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| 335 | contain compiled binaries. May run a clean before copying...
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| 336 | -->
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| 337 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/lib/fpc/src &&
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| 338 | tar --strip-components=1 -C /usr/lib/fpc/src -xf ../fpc-&freepascal-version;.source.tar.gz</userinput></screen>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | </sect2>
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| 341 |
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| 342 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 343 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 344 |
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| 345 | <segmentedlist>
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| 346 | <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
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| 347 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 348 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <seglistitem>
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| 351 | <seg>fpc, fp, samplecfg, ...</seg>
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| 352 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 353 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 354 | </seglistitem>
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| 355 | </segmentedlist>
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| 356 |
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| 357 | <variablelist>
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| 358 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 359 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 360 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | <varlistentry id="i-fp">
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| 363 | <term><command>fp</command></term>
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| 364 | <listitem>
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| 365 | <para>
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| 366 | FreePascal text based IDE
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| 367 | </para>
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| 368 | <indexterm zone="fpc i-fp">
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| 369 | <primary sortas="b-fp">fp</primary>
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| 370 | </indexterm>
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| 371 | </listitem>
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| 372 | </varlistentry>
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| 373 |
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| 374 | <varlistentry id="i-fpc">
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| 375 | <term><command>fpc</command></term>
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| 376 | <listitem>
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| 377 | <para>
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| 378 | FreePascal compiler frontend
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| 379 | </para>
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| 380 | <indexterm zone="fpc i-fpc">
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| 381 | <primary sortas="b-fpc">fpc</primary>
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| 382 | </indexterm>
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| 383 | </listitem>
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| 384 | </varlistentry>
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| 385 |
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| 386 | <varlistentry id="i-fpcmake">
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| 387 | <term><command>fpcmake</command></term>
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| 388 | <listitem>
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| 389 | <para>
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| 390 | FreePascal make utility
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| 391 | </para>
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| 392 | <indexterm zone="fpc i-fpcmake">
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| 393 | <primary sortas="b-fpcmake">fpcmake</primary>
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| 394 | </indexterm>
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| 395 | </listitem>
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| 396 | </varlistentry>
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| 397 |
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| 398 | <varlistentry id="i-samplecfg">
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| 399 | <term><command>samplecfg</command></term>
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| 400 | <listitem>
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| 401 | <para>
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| 402 | Utility to create a default configuration file
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| 403 | </para>
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| 404 | <indexterm zone="fpc i-samplecfg">
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| 405 | <primary sortas="b-samplecfg">samplecfg</primary>
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| 406 | </indexterm>
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| 407 | </listitem>
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| 408 | </varlistentry>
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| 409 |
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| 410 | </variablelist>
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| 411 |
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| 412 | </sect2>
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| 413 |
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| 414 | </sect1>
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