How To Install fpc-source on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fpc-source on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

Dependencies

fpc-source have the following dependencies:

• fpc-source-3.2.0

References

• fpc-source website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fpc-source package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.