User:Dieselnutjob/Pinebook Pro/Freepascal and Lazarus IDE on Manjaro

How to install Freepascal FPC 3.20

Install binutils

sudo pacman -Syu binutils

Download fpc from here https://www.freepascal.org/down/aarch64/linux-hungary.html

Unpack and install

tar -xf fpc-3.2.0.aarch64-linux.tar
cd fpc-3.2.0.aarch64-linux
sudo sh install.sh

Test it:-

Use a test editor to create helloworld.pas

Program helloworld;
begin
  writeln ('Hello world');
end.

Compile and run it

fpc helloworld.pas 
Free Pascal Compiler version 3.2.0 [2020/06/05] for aarch64
Copyright (c) 1993-2020 by Florian Klaempfl and others
Target OS: Linux for AArch64
Compiling helloworld.pas
Assembling helloworld
Linking helloworld
4 lines compiled, 0.5 sec

./helloworld 
Hello world