How do I install freebasic in ubuntu xenial?

[lassar]

How do I install freebasic in ubuntu xenial?

I have checked the forum and all the post is rather old.

What I need to know about is the dependences.

[lizard]

Should be same or similar in every newer ubuntu:

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# install FreeBasic 1.05 32bit
cd ~/downloads/FreeBASIC-1.05.0-linux-x86
sudo ./install.sh -i

# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install gcc libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libxext-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libxpm-dev

Works here on Mint 18.2 and Kubuntu 17. All 32bit.

[counting_pine]

For 64-bit Ubuntu, you would either have to install the 64-bit FreeBASIC or the 32-bit libraries.

The wiki page for compiling FB on Linux lists the development packages you need for a few different distros - including for 32-bit versions on 64-bit Linux:
DevBuildLinux

Possibly there are slightly more packages there than you need to just compile/run FB programs, but if you have problems, the lists there might help.

[speedfixer]

I use Lubuntu. Lots of machines at home.

My install script (64 bit) just has:

sudo apt-get install libtinfo-dev libxpm-dev libxrandr-dev

If you are using 32 bit on 64 bit system, you will have to search in synaptic or something for the ...-dev(32) or something in the name.
Even the dev lib names change from time-to-time.

The libs included with any one package change from time-to-time. Sometimes more together - then they get split apart again.
Each distro has a little different mix of what the packager thinks makes a complete package for development.
Here, at least most 'buntu variations usually all use the same lib sets.

Especially, the termcap info lib gets pushed around a lot.

Do something - compile - read the error messages. use -exx ALWAYS until all works great.
Run the program. Programs can compile yet still not have all the libs needed to run the graphics.
use 'ldd' if the program just quits without error noise.

david

[sgaba]

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