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xixixi:
Hi. I need to build a small CLI application that reads an Excel file, changes something, and writes it back to disk.

I was going to use FreePascal and FP Spreadsheet (https://wiki.freepascal.org/FPSpreadsheet).

But there it says that to install it, I need to do it using Lazarus's Package Manager. Is there an alternative way to install this unit (and its dependencies) from the command line?

Otherwise I would be installing the full IDE just for that. I only need the Pascal compiler.

Thanks.

jamie:
yes, most likely. It's graphic.

it's no big deal, really.

Bart:
Better ask wp.
Change your subjectline (first post) to include the word "fpspreadsheet" and he'll read this thread.

Bart

xixixi:
FPSpreadsheet is just an example. I already solved it, I downloaded and compiled it (in about 1/2 second, this compiler is FAST), and fortunately it didn't have any external dependency.

My question is more general.

C# has nuget, Nim has nimble, Haskell has cargo, D has dub, Ruby has gem, Lisp has quicklisp...

What's Free Pascal's command line package manager?

I found something called fppkg, but almost all its packages are already in the distribution, so it isn't very useful. FPSpreadsheet wasn't there.

Bart:
Joost (I think) is working on such a thing for fpc: fppkg.
Not sure wether this will be used by Lazarus.
ATM all packages are statically linked into the IDE.

Bart

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