[plug] Unable to install GNU Pascal RPM package on RH 5.2

[Bret Busby]

Brad Campbell wrote:
> <snip>

> Sorry, Can't offer you any help with GNU Pascal, but do yourself a favor
> and have a look at Free Pascal.
> I have been using it for months now, and I'ts small, fast and pretty damn
> good. Will compile most of my Turbo Pascal for Dos stuff out of the box.
> Has Delphi Object Pascal compatibility and heaps more.
> Whats more, the compiler is written in Pascal..
> 
> I can give you a recent binary only version, which I have compiled on this
> machine.. to install it just make a /usr/src/fpc dir
> and untar fpc.tar.gz in that directory, and put the ppc386.cfg in /etc
> Pretty easy.
> It's about 1.8 megs for the full binary tarball, that includes all the rtl
> and everything but the kitchen sink.. It even has gtk bindings..
> 
> Give me a yell if you want it.. or alternatively, go to
> 
> http://www.brain.uni-freiburg.de/~klaus/fpc/
> 
> and download it yourself..
> Docs in .ps .pdf .html .tex and .txt
> Great documentation.
> I have printed myself a set of unit reference guides.. Use them all the time..
> 
Thanks, Brad.

She will try to download it and give it a go.

Bret Busby
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