
If you downloaded these three files successfully, you run them in the same order! First FPC, then FPC’s sources and finally Lazarus. The original description is kept in the image. The download page looks somewhat like this: SourceForge download page for all three files necessary. In case of a 64 bit system download these three files:

Most probably your running on a 64 bit system, which is the standard case for Linux. config files)Ĭhoose one of the “Linux DEB Releases” according to your system (32 bit or 64 bit). Use, e.g.: dpkg -list (show all installed packages) This will lead to troubles because these installs are not compatible. Important: Do not intermix FPC or Lazarus installs from the package manager. To get the most recent, stable environment, download these three files from the official Lazarus website. The first step is to install the Free Pascal compiler (version 3.0.4 or higher), the Compiler’s source code (same version as the compiler) and the Lazarurs IDE (version 2.0.6 or higher).

SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf shared object files (from distro’s package manager)ĭownload and install FPC, FPC sourc code and Lazarus.Tim Blume’s SDL2 units (header translation).FPC 3.0.4 Source Code (installed from.Linux Distribution: Linux Mint 19.3 (Ubuntu/Debian based).In general it outlines the way to go, though.

#FREE PASCAL 2.0.2 HOW TO#
This chapter illustrates quickly how to set up a Free Pascal and SDL2 development environment within a few minutes under Linux.Īttention: The following instruction particularly work for many Debian and Ubuntu based Linux distributions (like Linux Mint used here).
