I tried the latest source tarball of lazarus and did 'make' as instructed. everything compiles ok

then I did 'make install PREFIX=/usr/share/lazarus'

it then repeated part of the compile step, and finally failed

Compiling interfaces.pp
48 Lines compiled, 1.0 sec
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lazarus/lcl/interfaces/gtk' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lazarus/lcl/interfaces' __missing_command__ -p -Tlinux Makefile.fpc
make[2]: __missing_command__: Command not found
make[2]: *** [fpc_install] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lazarus/lcl'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lazarus'
make[1]: *** [lcl_install] Error 2

A full compile/install log is attached

Regards, Treeve

Wrong list - try the lazarus list.

However, Lazarus needs no install. Just a "make" will do it for you. In fact I don't think you CAN install it separate like that because the IDE needs it's full sources handy to work properly.

-Tony