I had no issue with Lazarus on Windows. Linux I can't get working due to a missing shortcut.
I installed v2.0.6-0 from the .deb installer provided here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/Lazarus%20Linux%20amd64%20DEB/Lazarus%202.0.6/A desktop shortcut was not created. I searched DuckDuckGo with lazarus linux shortcut site:forum.lazarus.freepascal.org.
I found only an old thread with a reference to the following project (not updated in 3 years):
https://github.com/LongDirtyAnimAlf/Reiniero-fpcupIs there a new Reiniero-fpcup style project?
I looked in all the usual places that the binary executable would be, but found nothing.
I installed fpc-src_3.0.4-2_amd64.deb (the missing dependency per GDebi) with Synaptic package manager.
The version of Lazarus via Synaptic is old so I installed lazarus-project_2.0.6-0_amd64.deb from the command line using the --force switch as GDebi refused to see FPC SRC 3.0.4 which Synaptic said was installed. No shortcut was created, so I'm stuck.
I didn't have any of these issues with Lazarus 1.6.2 on Linux Mint 17.3 (running on VMWare Player 4),
I'm running Linux Ubuntu 19.1 with Mate Desktop (Redmond) 64bit. This is the first distro I was able to install the latest Pale Moon on. It's running on VMWare Player 6 with 3GB allotted and 1 CPU (VMWare 15 would not work at all with Linux). System is HP Core2Duo 2.83GHz, 8GB RAM, Win7 SP1 64bit and not much installed.
Can someone guide me with creating a Lazarus shortcut?