How To Install mit-scheme-dbg on Debian 12

Learn how to install mit-scheme-dbg on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mit-scheme-dbg is MIT/GNU Scheme debugging files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme-dbg on Debian 12.

What is mit-scheme-dbg

mit-scheme-dbg is:

MIT/GNU Scheme is an implementation of the Scheme programming language, providing an interpreter, compiler, source-code debugger, integrated Emacs-like editor, and a large runtime library. MIT/GNU Scheme is best suited to programming large applications with a rapid development cycle.

This package contains debugging files for the development environment. These files provide support for debugging the MIT/GNU Scheme system, and are useful only if you need to see the system internals while you are debugging.

There are three methods to install mit-scheme-dbg 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 mit-scheme-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mit-scheme-dbg

Install mit-scheme-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mit-scheme-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mit-scheme-dbg

Install mit-scheme-dbg 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 mit-scheme-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mit-scheme-dbg

How To Uninstall mit-scheme-dbg on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mit-scheme-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mit-scheme-dbg

Uninstall mit-scheme-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mit-scheme-dbg

Remove mit-scheme-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove mit-scheme-dbg configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mit-scheme-dbg

Remove mit-scheme-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mit-scheme-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mit-scheme-dbg

Dependencies

mit-scheme-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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