[Package]: FreeBASIC

[lzw-723]

Package description

FreeBASIC is a free/open source (GPL), BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, DOS and Linux.

Home page URL

https://www.freebasic.net/index.html

Source code URL

https://github.com/freebasic/fbc

Packaging policy acknowledgement

• [X] I have read and understand the Packaging Policy.

Additional information

FreeBASIC is a self-hosting compiler which makes use of the GNU binutils programming tools as backends and can produce console, graphical/GUI executables, dynamic and static libraries. FreeBASIC fully supports the use of C libraries and has partial C++ library support. This lets programmers use and create libraries for C and many other languages. It supports a C style preprocessor, capable of multiline macros, conditional compiling and file inclusion.

[Disonantemus]

I did see your X11 Label, you don't need that (it's not required), just plain terminal. You can do: CLI, TUI, DOS, GUI, SDL, cairo, OpenGL, etc.

• I just tested it in my desktop (Arch Linux), with CLI:

  $ fbc hello.bas
  $ ./hello
  Hello from FreeBASIC!, 
  Press any key to continue...

• Arch Linux Package showing no GUI dependencies:

  Dependencies (7)
  
  ncurses
  freebasic (make)
  gpm (make)
  libffi (make)
  libxpm (make)
  libxrandr (make)
  mesa (make)

I think this should be added, because it's updated (Last release: Dec 25, 2023). And not abandoned like QB64 (Last release: Nov 7, 2021, another BASIC programming language, that was added one year ago). Fun thing, that I can't find qb64 inside Termux using: pkg search qb64

Not that I care too much, just was searching for coding options in Termux Packages, because there is proot-distro to have a lot more packages to play with.

[TomJo2000]

Fun thing, that I can't find qb64 inside Termux using: pkg search qb64

QB64 is in the X11 repo, I don't why its in the X11 repo, it doesn't look like it needs a graphical environment to run, just has the capability to do so. Either way it should show up in search after enabling the X11 repo using pkg i x11-repo.

I can give compiling FreeBASIC a shot after I get back from the grocery store, doesn't look too complicated. No guarantees though.