How To Install libchicken8 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken8 on Debian 9.
What is libchicken8
libchicken8 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 libchicken8 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 libchicken8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libchicken8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libchicken8
Install libchicken8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libchicken8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libchicken8
Install libchicken8 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 libchicken8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libchicken8
How To Uninstall libchicken8 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libchicken8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libchicken8
Uninstall libchicken8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libchicken8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchicken8
Remove libchicken8 Configurations and Data
To remove libchicken8 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libchicken8
Remove libchicken8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libchicken8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libchicken8
Dependencies
libchicken8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken8 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.