How To Install libchicken8 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken8 on Ubuntu 18.04. libchicken8 is Practical and portable Scheme system - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken8 on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04

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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libchicken8

Remove libchicken8 Configurations and Data

To remove libchicken8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libchicken8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.