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Giorgio
Asked: 2013-01-06 12:16:01 +0800 CST

Where is the GNU Pascal Compiler?

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On Ubuntu 10.04 I had installed the GNU Pascal Compiler (package gpc).

After moving to Ubuntu 12.04 / 64 bit I cannot find the package any more. Google and the GNU Pascal homepage did not help much.

So I wanted to ask if the package has been discontinued, renamed, or moved to a different repository.

12.04

5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It appears that gpc was removed from Debian (and subsequently Ubuntu) in February 2011 due to the project being unmaintained/discontinued.

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  2. PPA versions of the GNU Pascal Compiler for Ubuntu can be downloaded from https://launchpad.net/~ueter/+archive/ubuntu/gpc-3.4

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  3. Not exactly gpc, but if you don't mind an alternative, you could use Free Pascal. This will install the IDE and compiler:

    sudo apt-get install fp-ide

    Note that the IDE is terminal based. To start it from the prompt:

    fp

    For reference, see http://fusharblog.com/installing-free-pascal-in-ubuntu/

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  4. You can install the Free Pascal compiler alone using the command:

    sudo apt-get install fp-compiler

    ...then invoke and run a simple program such as:

    program Hello;
begin
  writeln ('Hello, world.');
end.

    ...using the following commands:

    fpc hello.pas
./hello
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  5. you could try getting an rpm and converting it using alien, as per this post on the gpc mailing list: http://www.g-n-u.de/pipermail/gpc/2013-June/015249.html

    quote:

    You might be able to use one of these. https://software.opensuse.org/package/gpc

    I converted the Fedora package with 'Alien' and its working for me on Debian (64 bit).

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