How To Install libchicken11 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libchicken11 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libchicken11 is Practical and portable Scheme system - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken11 on Debian 12.

What is libchicken11

libchicken11 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 shared library needed to run programs using chicken.

There are three methods to install libchicken11 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libchicken11 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libchicken11 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libchicken11

Install libchicken11 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libchicken11 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libchicken11

Install libchicken11 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 libchicken11 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libchicken11

How To Uninstall libchicken11 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libchicken11 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libchicken11

Uninstall libchicken11 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libchicken11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchicken11

Remove libchicken11 Configurations and Data

To remove libchicken11 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libchicken11

Remove libchicken11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libchicken11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchicken11

Dependencies

libchicken11 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken11 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.