How To Install chicken-bin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chicken-bin on Debian 9.
What is chicken-bin
chicken-bin is:
CHICKEN is a Scheme compiler which compiles a subset of R5RS into C. It uses the ideas presented in Baker’s paper “Cheney on the MTA”, and has a small core and is easily extendable.
This package contains the compiler.
There are three methods to install chicken-bin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install chicken-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chicken-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chicken-bin
Install chicken-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chicken-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chicken-bin
Install chicken-bin 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install chicken-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chicken-bin
How To Uninstall chicken-bin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the chicken-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chicken-bin
Uninstall chicken-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chicken-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chicken-bin
Remove chicken-bin Configurations and Data
To remove chicken-bin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chicken-bin
Remove chicken-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chicken-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chicken-bin
Dependencies
chicken-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chicken-bin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.