How To Install chezscheme9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install chezscheme9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04. chezscheme9.5 is Reliable, high performance Scheme compiler (version 9.5)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chezscheme9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is chezscheme9.5

chezscheme9.5 is:

Chez Scheme is both a programming language and an implementation of that language, with supporting tools and documentation.

This package contains the executables and the boot files.

There are three methods to install chezscheme9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install chezscheme9.5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install chezscheme9.5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install chezscheme9.5

Install chezscheme9.5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install chezscheme9.5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install chezscheme9.5

Install chezscheme9.5 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 chezscheme9.5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chezscheme9.5

How To Uninstall chezscheme9.5 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the chezscheme9.5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chezscheme9.5

Uninstall chezscheme9.5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall chezscheme9.5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chezscheme9.5

Remove chezscheme9.5 Configurations and Data

To remove chezscheme9.5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chezscheme9.5

Remove chezscheme9.5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove chezscheme9.5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chezscheme9.5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chezscheme9.5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.