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