[Lazarus] Installing FPC on Ubuntu

[SteveG]

> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 04:19:46PM +1000, SteveG wrote:
>> Would anybody happen to have a 'ready to go' deb package to install
>> fpc ver 2.4 (or better) - something that installs the compiler /
>> sources / etc in all the right places ?
>>
>> I have been chasing this around in circles for hours now -
>> which completely lowers ones estimation of one's abilitys :)
>>
>> Not really understanding linux packaging yet, I have downloaded
>> 'full' packages from various places, all containing multiple debs.
>> I would have thought a 'package' would do this for me ?
>>
>> Do these need to be installed individually (and in a specific
>> order)?, cause the 'all' deb certainly doesnt do it.
>>
>> Using Ubuntu i386 10.04 Alpha.
>>
>> really appreciate it (or even a link to a 'simple' method)
>>

To those whom answered this - thanks muchly
I now have it working (actually tried all three ways to learn about 
them) - all work well.
Just shows how much more many of us have to learn about linux as yet