BASIC interpreter for Linux

[Muhammad Saad]

Assalam-o-Alaikum,
I am looking for a BASIC interpreter for Linux. Can anyone help me?
Also tell me which one would be the best for me.

[lambda]

what's "best" for you depends on your requirements. what are your requirements?

[Muhammad Saad]

My requirements are that it should be available in binary packages so that I donot have to compile it. Also it should be easy to use.

[Anjum Butt]

FreeBasic [http://www.freebasic.net] is a good free general purpose Basic language, having syntax compatibility with MS QuickBASIC/QBASIC.

If you need to run legacy Visual Basic (upto version 6) Code, you should try Gambas [http://gambas.sourceforge.net]
Iit is available in binary formats for most distros.
and most visual basic code runs on it.
However there are some caveats, it is not 100% visual basic, you will need to convert your code (mostly if you need file handling).
Also ActiveX components will not be available, so you will need to work around those too.
Overall it is a solution for running legacy Visual Basic code.

If you require a commerical version with better code support, go for REALBasic [http://www.realbasic.com], but still no ActiveX