How To Install fpc-source on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpc-source on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fpc-source
fpc-source is:
The Free Pascal Compiler is an Object Pascal compiler supporting both Delphi and Turbo Pascal 7.0 dialects, as well as Mac Pascal dialects. It provides a completely portable RunTime Library (RTL) available on many platforms and compatible with Turbo Pascal, along with a platform-independent class-based Free Component Library (FCL) adding many Delphi extensions and interfacing with many popular open source libraries.
This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the package containing Free Pascal’s own source code. It is meant to be used by the Lazarus IDE.
There are three methods to install fpc-source on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fpc-source Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fpc-source using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fpc-source
Install fpc-source Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fpc-source using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fpc-source
Install fpc-source Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fpc-source using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fpc-source
How To Uninstall fpc-source on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fpc-source package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fpc-source
Uninstall fpc-source And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fpc-source and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fpc-source
Remove fpc-source Configurations and Data
To remove fpc-source configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fpc-source
Remove fpc-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fpc-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fpc-source
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fpc-source package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
