Install Lazarus on MX Linux

Lazarus IDE is one of the Free Pascal IDEs available. Lazarus/FPC combination is an open source replacement for Delphi.

Just would like to note that Delphi as of March 2020 is more than just a rapid application development platform for developing desktop applications, it can also be used to write Android and web application.

Anyway, to instal Lazarus on MX Linux (or Debian Buster derivates), do:

$: sudo apt install fpc fpc-source gdb lazarus

Keywords: Lazarus, Free Pascal, Delphi, Linux

Fatal: Cannot find FastHTMLParser used by Clipbrd of package LCLBase

I have tried to install Lazarus 2.0.0 (FPC 3.0.4) on MX Linux 19.1 but got the following error message when compiling the default project created by Lazarus.

Fatal: Cannot find FastHTMLParser used by Clipbrd of package LCLBase.

One way to fix this is to install the fpc package, like:

$: sudo apt install fpc

Keywords: Free Pascal, Lazarus