How To Install mit-scheme-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
