[Lazarus] Problems installing Lazarus on Linux Mint

[Christo Crause]

On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM Giuliano Colla via lazarus <
lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

> 1) if the distro provides a Lazarus package, you may try to take advantage
> of it. That means in a Debian distro using apt-get or in a Red-Hat style
> distro using yum or dnf. Usually either it doesn't work at all, or it's an
> old obsolete version. If it doesn't work perfectly at the first attempt,
> forget about what your distro provides.
>
 Debian derivatives based on "stable" ships with relatively old package
versions due to its release philosophy (the focus is on stability, not
latest features).  For example the Lazarus version available for Linux Mint
21.3 via apt is 2.2, which was released more than 2 years ago.  I also
recommend going the alternative route suggested by Giulano to get the
latest up to date versions of fpc and Lazarus.
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