"Am I really supposed to download those ~40 packages separately"
Usually, in situations like this, one just installs a meta package with a package manager. The meta package is just a list of required dependencies, and downloads other packages as needed. I installed this one. http://packages.debian.org/sid/fpc-2.4.4 Easy& painless. Also, the Debian package is dated May-23, the date of the release. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal