How to get the fpc ide running under Mac OS X: what changed
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| 5 | 5 | Mandatory Requirements:\ | |
| 6 | 6 | \#Apple developer tools (read XCode) and X11\ | |
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| 8 | 8 | \#The freepascal ide\ | |
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| 10 | 10 | you need: compiler, rtl, (maybe base packages, fcl and extra packages. note: fcl has been moved into packages in version 2.1.2 revision 6655), fvision (i.e. fv) and ide.\ | |
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| 12 | 12 | compile fv:\ | |
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| 14 | 14 | `cd fv`\ | |
| 15 | 15 | `make clean all`\ | |
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| 17 | 17 | compile the ide (there is no debugger library, just neglect the resulting warning):\ | |
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| 19 | 19 | `cd ide`\ | |
| 20 | 20 | `make clean all`\ | |
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| 22 | 22 | You may use fink (http://www.finkproject.org/) for the installation of freepascal.\ | |
| 23 | 23 | The package fpc installs all you need including the fv units and the ide.\ | |
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| 25 | 25 | Optional Requirements:\ | |
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| 27 | 27 | due to recent updates the next two steps (installing the vga font and make it accessible in xterm) are not mandatory any longer to get at least a partially working IDE, and consequently may be skipped. You will miss the nice fpc background, for example. (;-)\ | |
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| 29 | 29 | \# install the vga font for xterm\ | |
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| 31 | 31 | download the vga font here: <http://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/enl/vga.pcf>\ | |
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| 33 | 33 | for more docs on changing the Xterm font look here: <http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x606.html>\ | |
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| 35 | 35 | copy the font to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/\ | |
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| 37 | 37 | `mv your_download_dir/vga.pcf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/`\ | |
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| 39 | 39 | check and set file permissions (you have to be root to do this):\ | |
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| 41 | 41 | `cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/`\ | |
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| 43 | 43 | `chown root:wheel vga.pcf; chmod 444 vga.pcf`\ | |
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| 45 | 45 | start an xterm in X11 and do:\ | |
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| 47 | 47 | `cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/`\ | |
| 48 | 48 | `mkfontdir`\ | |
| 49 | 49 | `xset fp rehash`\ | |
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| 51 | 51 | Now you should be able to start xterm with the vga font by:\ | |
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| 53 | 53 | `xterm -font vga -r`\ | |
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| 55 | 55 | It is useful to define this as a customized command in X11 (Menu Applications -\> Customize...)\ | |
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| 57 | 57 | \# set the terminal type to linux\ | |
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| 59 | 59 | `export TERM=linux`\ | |
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| 61 | 61 | or start xterm with\ | |
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| 63 | 63 | `xterm -font vga -r -tn linux`\ | |
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| 65 | 65 | Without this, you may get funny characters at the position of box borders and other, similar places.\ | |
| 66 | 66 | You may add this command to your bash startup file. The bash shell of xterm of X11 reads the .bashrc file in your \$HOME directory and not .bash_profile. For more information on this topic read the man pages of bash or search for X11 and bash on <http://www.macosxhints.com>.\ | |
| 67 | 67 | For more on fonts, terminals, 8bit characters, ESC codes read [[Terminal & Fonts]].\ | |
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| 69 | 69 | Starting the IDE:\ | |
| 70 | 70 | \# start the ide in an xterm\ | |
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| 72 | 72 | `cd your_path/fpc/ide`\ | |
| 73 | 73 | `./fp`\ | |
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| 75 | 75 | In order to get Alt-x you have to press ESC and x.\ | |
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| 77 | 77 | For easier use you may install freepascal and the ide:\ | |
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| 79 | 79 | `cd your_path/fpc`\ | |
| 80 | 80 | `sudo make install`\ | |
| 81 | 81 | `sudo make -C fv install`\ | |
| 82 | 82 | `sudo make -C ide install` | |
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| 85 | 85 | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "How to get the fpc ide running under Mac OS X", as it stood on 2020-02-06 after a change by Trev, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 86 | 86 | Category: FPC | |
| 87 | 87 | Category: Historical | |
| 88 | 88 | Category: IDE | |
| 89 | 89 | Category: macOS |