How To Install fp-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fp-compiler
fp-compiler 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.
Extensions have been added to the language, such as function overloading, creation and linking of shared libraries, and Delphi language extensions including classes, exceptions, ANSI strings, and open arrays.
This dependency package always depends on the latest available version of the package containing the command line compiler.
There are three methods to install fp-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fp-compiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fp-compiler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fp-compiler
Install fp-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fp-compiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fp-compiler
Install fp-compiler 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 fp-compiler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fp-compiler
How To Uninstall fp-compiler on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fp-compiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fp-compiler
Uninstall fp-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fp-compiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fp-compiler
Remove fp-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove fp-compiler configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fp-compiler
Remove fp-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fp-compiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fp-compiler
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fp-compiler package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
