[user3939382]

I downloaded Lazarus from its release page on Github and after installing it didn’t work, saying it needed extra binaries that it couldn’t find. Now I have to see what it’s talking about, what to install, etc. Kind of a hassle.

[Akira1364]

Which Github page do you mean? I wasn't aware they'd started putting properly packaged binary releases on Github.

[Zuider]

fpcupdeluxe will automate the process of installing a working Lazarus/FPC environment. You can just click through, as the defaults are fine.

https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/fpcupdeluxe

[pkphilip]

You will need to install Free Pascal (fpc) separately