How do I install Lazarus & Free Pascal compiler

[peter_from_hobart]

Hello All fellow UBUNTU Christian Edition users!!!

Before I switched over to UCE I was a long time M$ Windows user, however I now use UCE and I love it.

I also used to use a compiler called Borland Delphi 7 { its based on Pascal language }

I would like to install Lazarus { for Linux } which I think comes with the Free Pascal for Linux included as part of it.

I want to know the following:

a) where do I download Lazarus (including Free Pascal) from?

b) what are the steps I need to take to install it?

Please note that I'm a newbie to UCE and I'm not at all sure of my way are the command line.

Also (c) are there some tutorials I can work thru' about learning Lazarus / Free Pascal for Linux???

Fond Regards and Best Wishes from
pew
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

[mysticrider92]

Here (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=89339&package_id=204004) is the download page for it. Just get the fp_all_deb.tar, right click and select "Extract Here...", and click on each file to install it (I havn't check what files are in it, but it appears there are a good many). You might need to install the packages in a specific order (it will let you know when you try).

[peter_from_hobart]

Hi,

Thank you for the link. I'm downloading (now) the file you told me to get.

On a related topic: Do you know anyone who would like to form a team with me to work on some Lazarus + Free Pascal programs?

I would like to try to convert some of my existing Borland Delphi 7 {M$ Windows} programs to Lazarus and try to make them cross-platform.

Regards,
pew

Signing off from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
:popcorn:

[mysticrider92]

I don't really know much about Pascal (I tried it once on DOS, but C++ appeals to me a bit more), but I am sure there are some people who use it. Maybe ask in the programming part of the forums and see if there is anyone there.