Maybe a silly question but:

I have "always" installed fpc/lazarus from sources on my Linux since 10+ years. That as been done on a lot of different platforms (Ubuntu on PC hw, RaspberryPi etc) and I always had to find a working seed compiler.

But now on a new Ubuntu Server with a separately installed Mate desktop I thought that I should aske here if it is OK to mix:

1 - Install fpc via apt:
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$ apt policy fpc
fpc:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.2.2+dfsg-32
Version table:
3.2.2+dfsg-32 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages

$ sudo apt install fpc

2 - Manually install Lazarus from sources:
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wget
https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/archive/lazarus_4_0/lazarus-lazarus_4_0.tar.gz

Then expand the Lazarus sources into $HOME/devel/lazarus/4.0 as usual and build Lazarus 4.0 normally?

Or should I get fpc from sources too?
In that case where do I get a suitable seed compiler?

This fpc 3.2.2 is fine.

Mattias

Thanks! :-)