Hey PascalDragon,
To have a full FPC installation you need to install 2 things:
- The FPC compiler
- The IDE for all things Object Pascal and FPC: Lazarus
eli uses the text mode IDE which is part of the FPC installation.
What you've installed is the package with the compiler(1).
Cross compiler to be precise which needs the full compiler installation (in this case i386-win32) to be fully useable (e.g. the fpc.exe compiler driver is only contained in the main package).
I stand corrected, as I'm a complete stranger on how it works under Windows. The only small experience I have is using the installers for my
setup-lazarus GitHub action and even there I don't use it, I just cross my fingers that the Path contains a path to
lazbuild and the rest of the tools.
I'm so used to the Linux side of this equation that I was amazed that the Windows install does not have separate packages for Compiler, Source and Lazarus, like it's Linux counterpart
So please disregard my ignorance and pay attention to someone more knowledgeable in the Windows context.
Cheers,
Gus