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This document should lead you from nothing to a working MSEide+MSEgui environment.

As this project is based upon Free Pascal, that is where we will start.

Compiler:

Linux users should install the Free Pascal compiler by using their distribution's package manager. Or you can get the compiler from the Free Pascal website and install it that way.
Windows users can download the compiler from the Free Pascal website.

The Free Pascal website is located here. Click the "Download" menu link option.
Or to go directly to the download, click here.

Download the package appropriate for your computer and install it.

Windows users may have to logoff / restart their computer so that the path environment variable is updated for the free pascal compiler.

Source:

Now that you have the compiler it is time to get the source code.

The source code can be downloaded from Sourceforge.net (1), Sourceforge.net (2)
or Gitorious.org.

Save the source code to your computer. Unzip / untar it for the next step.

Compiling:

Now that you have the source code it is time to compile.

Linux users: From a terminal window enter this command (as one line)
ppc386 -B -Fu/path/to/source/mseide/lib/common/*
-Fu/path/to/source/mseide/lib/common/kernel/i386-linux
-Fi/path/to/source/mseide/lib/common/kernel
/path/to/source/mseide/apps/ide/mseide.pas

Windows users: From a terminal window enter this command (as one line)
ppc386 -B -Fu/path/to/source/mseide/lib/common/*
-Fu/path/to/source/mseide/lib/common/kernel/i386-win32
-Fi/path/to/source/mseide/lib/common/kernel
/path/to/source/mseide/apps/ide/mseide.pas

Hopefully you do not get any errors while trying to compile.

Using:

Linux users enter the following command from a terminal window
/path/to/source/apps/ide/mseide

Windows users enter the following command from a terminal window
\path\to\source\apps\ide\mseide.exe

Success:

You should now be greeted with the appearance of the MSEide+MSEgui programming environment.

Click on the "Settings" menu option. Click on "Configure MSEide". In the "${MSEIDE}" text area enter "/path/to/source". Click OK.

If you encounter any errors while trying to follow this document, or some part is just not clear, please let us know by posting to our forum.

Alternate Install:

An alternamte installation method and instructions can be found here.

This method may be easier for you, but the first method shows how it was done before the installer was introduced.