Kevan Hashemi wrote:
Dear GPC,
http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~hebisch/gpc/gpc-20070904.tar.bz2
I have this archive decompressed on my desktop. It looks like I'll have to download another set of source files: those for GCC. The install instructions use GPC version 20041218 as an example and tell me to download GCC 3.4.3's source code. I don't know which version of GCC to download for the GPC version 20070904.
If you do not know, then gcc-4.1.2 or gcc-3.4.6 -- the choice basically is which version of gcc _you_ prefer. The other gcc versions are supported for folks that for some reason really need to use different gcc version.
So, the Linux user appears to be stuck with choosing between:
(1) GPC 20041218 binary distribution (10-minute install)
(2) Compiling new source code (4-hour install)
(3) http://www.freepascal.org/ (inferior schema types)
You forgot: (4) check your friendly Linux distribution. At least Debian provides gpc-20070904. If your distribution does not provide gpc package then one can try tools which convert package formats. Also, note that many distributions have contrib area, so if package is not in core distribution it is up to users to contribute package for others.