How To Install chibi-scheme on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chibi-scheme on Ubuntu.
What is chibi-scheme
chibi-scheme is:
Chibi-Scheme is a really small embeddable interpreter of R7RS Scheme, intended for use as an extension and scripting language in C programs.
This package provides REPL and interpreter “chibi-scheme” as well as tools for documenting Scheme code (“chibi-doc”), generating FFI bindings (“chibi-ffi”), and managing Scheme packages (“snow-chibi”).
There are three methods to install chibi-scheme on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install chibi-scheme Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chibi-scheme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chibi-scheme
Install chibi-scheme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chibi-scheme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chibi-scheme
Install chibi-scheme Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install chibi-scheme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chibi-scheme
How To Uninstall chibi-scheme on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the chibi-scheme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chibi-scheme
Uninstall chibi-scheme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chibi-scheme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chibi-scheme
Remove chibi-scheme Configurations and Data
To remove chibi-scheme configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chibi-scheme
Remove chibi-scheme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chibi-scheme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chibi-scheme
Dependencies
chibi-scheme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chibi-scheme package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.