You can have a fp.cfg file in the same directory as fp.exe. It works the same as fpc.cfg To compile the IDE you need to choose whether to build with or without debugger (gdb) support. When debugger support is used a check will be done if libgdb.a is available. If this is not available then it will automatically fallback to create the IDE without debugger support. To build with debugger support (default): make gdb To build without debugger support: make nogdb