Short:        FreePascal for AmigaOS 4.x
Author:       FreePascal Development Team
Uploader:     alb42 web de (Marcus Sackrow)
Type:         dev/lang
Version:      3.2.2
Replaces:     dev/lang/fpc-3.2.0a-ppc-amiga.lha
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.0
URL:          https://www.freepascal.org

Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) for AmigaOS4
Version: 3.2.2

License:
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The Free Pascal compiler, tools, runtime libraries and packages are 
distributed under the Library GNU General Public License 
(see the file docs/copying and docs/copying.fpc)

Contents of the drawer "3rdParty" are not part of Free Pascal and
distributed on their own licenses.

in detail

vasm - distributed with permission by Volker Barthelmann
       see the file 3rdParty/vasm/LICENSE

vlink - distributed with permission by Frank Wille
        see the file 3rdParty/vlink/LICENSE

Requirements:
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- PowerPC CPU equipped computer (except X5000)
- Amiga OS 4.0+
- 50 - 250 MB HD space (depends on selected packages)

Installation:
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- Start the Installer: fpc_install
- Choose the installation method
- Novice will make a typical Installation to Work:FPC
- On the other Levels you can choose the target (a new drawer "FPC"
  will be created there) and packages to install
- "minimal" will install:
  - command-line compiler
  - resource compiler, fpcmake
  - vlink/vasm
  - RTL, AmigaOS4 specific units with examples
- "typical" will install:
  - all from "minimal"
  - FP-IDE (Free Pascal Console IDE)
  - useful additional units (FCL, regexpr, symbolic, ...)
  - various translations for Free Pascal
- "full" will install:
  - all from "typical"
  - some seldom used tools (pputools, configmaker)
  - some seldom needed units (googledata, sharepoint, ...)
- with customized you can configure which packages to install
  by default the setting for typical is shown
- The installer creates two entries in the file s:user-startup,
  an assign FPC: to the installation directory,
  and a path command which adds the compiler binaries' directory to the path.
- After the Installer finishes, do not forget to restart your computer
  before using the command-line compiler or the IDE.

How to use:
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- open a shell type fpc <source file>
- double click "Free Pascal IDE" to get the IDE

Informations about FPC for AmigaOS4:
https://wiki.freepascal.org/AmigaOS
http://fpcamigawiki.alb42.de
https://blog.alb42.de

Information about Free Pascal in general:
https://www.freepascal.org
Documentation RTL/FCL/LCL
https://www.freepascal.org/docs.var

Information about vasm:
http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vasm/

Information about vlink:
http://sun.hasenbraten.de/vlink/