freepascal.compiler/install

Free Pascal Compiler

Version 0.99.8


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* Intro
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This package contains a freeware pascal compiler for 386+. The language
and the runtime library are less or more compatible to TP 7.0. Some Delphi
additions have also been implemented like exceptions and rtti.


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* Requirements
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386 processor
DOS:
- DOS 3.3
- 640 kB RAM
- hard disk with 8 MB free space
- 4mb of memory (8+ MB recommended)
- DMPI server (CWSDPMI is delivered in the go32v2 distro)
Win32:
- Win95 or WinNT
- 8mb of memory (16+ MB recommended)


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The current version is only an evaluation version.
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Quick start
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Download dos09908.zip and unzip it into a temporary directory.

Start the install program INSTALL.EXE and follow the instructions.

Don't forget to set the path as mentioned by the install program.

To test the compiler, change to the demo directory of the compiler
and type
ppc386 hello
hello


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* The packages of the distribution
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All standard packages contain a part that is specific for the target platform
and a few files which are target independent. All files are also available
as separate files to reduce file size if the default file is too big.

dos09908.zip specific:
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basego32.zip contains a DOS (Go32V2) compiler, run time library and
additional files.
asldgo32.zip contains additional GNU utilities which are necessary:
AS 2.8.1 for Go32V2
LD 2.8.1 for Go32V2
AR 2.8.1 for Go32V2
Strip 2.8.1 for Go32V2
gdbgo32.zip contains the GNU Debugger 4.16 for Go32V2

w3209908.zip specific:
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basew32.zip contains a Win32 compiler, run time library and
additional files.
asldw32.zip contains additional GNU utilities from MinGW32 which are
necessary:
AS 980119 for Win32
LD 980119 for Win32
AR 980119 for Win32
Strip 980119 for Win32
gdbw32.zip contains the GNU Debugger 4.16.1 for Win32

common files in dos09908.zip and w3209908.zip:
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gnuutils.zip contains additional GNU utilities which are neccessary to
compile the run time library:
Make 3.76.1
RM 3.16
CP 3.16
MV 3.16
PWD 3.16
GInstall 3.16
demo.zip contains some demo files
docs-htm.zip contains the documentatio in HTML format
docs-ps.zip contains the documentaion in post script
install.exe installation program
install.dat installation data
readme.txt this readme file
whatsnew.txt what's been changed

Optional source package src09908.zip:
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pp09908s.zip contains the compiler sources
rl09908s.zip contains the run time library sources
doc110s.zip contains the TeX sources of the doc


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* Documentation
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The documentations are available as HTML pages.
The documentation "home page" is doc\fpctoc.htm (FPC Table Of Contents).

The documentation as post script is available at the ftp server.


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* Suggestions, Help, Bugs ...
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Suggestions, Help ...
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EMail: [email protected]
WWW: http://tfdec1.fys.kuleuven.ac.be/~michael/fpc/
Additional informations about mailing lists etc. can be found on the
web site.


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* License
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The programs and sources come under the GPL, for more informations read
the file COPYING. Additional informations about the runtime library license
are found in COPYING.FPC. Some utilities and programs come under the license
described in COPYING.DJ