About & requirements

This package installs the Free Pascal Compiler 3.2.0 for PowerPC. It requires Mac OS X 10.4.0 or later with the Mac OS X Developer Tools (Xcode) installed (partial Xcode installs may work, but are unsupported; in particular, when installing Xcode 3.x or 4.x make sure not to deselect UNIX Development Support).

This package can be used to compile for
	•	PowerPC 32 bit (targeting Mac OS X 10.3 — 10.6)
	•	PowerPC 64 bit (targeting Mac OS X 10.4 — 10.5)

Usage

• If you come from Delphi, you may want to check out Lazarus instead for a more familiar environment: http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/. Note that currently it cannot yet be used to compile 64 bit GUI programs for Mac OS X.

• You may also want to check out the Light Weight Pascal IDE, available at http://www.ragnemalm.se/lightweight/. It is much easier to use than Xcode and recommended if you do not need all the features offered by Xcode.

• The compiler can also be used from the command line, in which case you use Terminal to compile programs. For editing source files, you can use your favourite editor. After installation, the compiler -called "fpc"- will be located in the directory /usr/local/bin. You may have to add this directory to your PATH before you can use the compiler from the command line.

• The documentation is installed in file:///Developer/Documentation/Free Pascal Compiler.

For more information, see the ReadMe.txt file or visit http://www.freepascal.org