• Cecil Ward (8/8) Jul 10 2023 I’m trying to install GDC on a new Linux box and I don’t know
• Cecil Ward (2/10) Jul 10 2023 The OS is Debian v 12 x86_64.
• Sergey (6/14) Jul 10 2023 Check the web about reprex and write what have you tried to run,
• Cecil Ward (8/24) Jul 10 2023 I think the problem might have been that I did apt-get not apt

Cecil Ward <cecil cecilward.com> writes:

I’m trying to install GDC on a new Linux box and I don’t know 
what I’m doing. Background: I have installed LDC successfully and 
have installed GDC on a Raspberry Pi using 32-bit ARM.

For some reason the apt-get command doesn’t work on this machine, 
don’t know why. The machine is a virtual server hosted on the 
internet and I can get support for the o/s.

What is the recommended procedure for fetching the x86-64 
prec-compiled GDC?

Cecil Ward <cecil cecilward.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 04:11:38 UTC, Cecil Ward wrote:
 I’m trying to install GDC on a new Linux box and I don’t know 
 what I’m doing. Background: I have installed LDC successfully 
 and have installed GDC on a Raspberry Pi using 32-bit ARM.

 For some reason the apt-get command doesn’t work on this 
 machine, don’t know why. The machine is a virtual server hosted 
 on the internet and I can get support for the o/s.

 What is the recommended procedure for fetching the x86-64 
 prec-compiled GDC?

The OS is Debian v 12 x86_64.

Sergey <kornburn yandex.ru> writes:

On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 04:11:38 UTC, Cecil Ward wrote:
 I’m trying to install GDC on a new Linux box and I don’t know 
 what I’m doing. Background: I have installed LDC successfully 
 and have installed GDC on a Raspberry Pi using 32-bit ARM.

 For some reason the apt-get command doesn’t work on this 
 machine, don’t know why. The machine is a virtual server hosted 
 on the internet and I can get support for the o/s.

 What is the recommended procedure for fetching the x86-64 
 prec-compiled GDC?

Check the web about reprex and write what have you tried to run, 
which error you got, some more information about the system, root 
rights.

Have you tried to download deb package manually and use dpkg 
command?

Cecil Ward <cecil cecilward.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 05:49:36 UTC, Sergey wrote:
 On Tuesday, 11 July 2023 at 04:11:38 UTC, Cecil Ward wrote:
 I’m trying to install GDC on a new Linux box and I don’t know 
 what I’m doing. Background: I have installed LDC successfully 
 and have installed GDC on a Raspberry Pi using 32-bit ARM.

 For some reason the apt-get command doesn’t work on this 
 machine, don’t know why. The machine is a virtual server 
 hosted on the internet and I can get support for the o/s.

 What is the recommended procedure for fetching the x86-64 
 prec-compiled GDC?

 Check the web about reprex and write what have you tried to 
 run, which error you got, some more information about the 
 system, root rights.

 Have you tried to download deb package manually and use dpkg 
 command?

I think the problem might have been that I did apt-get not apt 
and I was not running as root, just now I elevated with sudo and 
ran apt -y install gdc and that worked so by fumbling about I 
appear to have solved it.

That was the x86-64 box. I haven’t been able to install GDC on my 
Apple M2 ARM Aarch64 Mac though, no idea how to find it for OSX 
Aarch64.