wow Wow WOW WOW !!!!!
I got away from Lazarus / FPC for about a year and got immersed in C++, OpenCV, Visual Studio, CodeBlocks, Geany, etc. But I just learned git and I have a ton of existing pascal code that I'm gonna need RIGHT NOW (no time to translate into C++) so I thought "what the heck". I just downloaded the three deb packages from Source Forge and blammo everything installed quickly and perfectly. I'd forgotten how FRICKIN COOL Lazarus was. I'm gonna have some FUN this weekend - thanks for all your great work !!!