How To Install mit-scheme-doc on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme-doc on Debian 9. mit-scheme-doc is MIT/GNU Scheme documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme-doc on Debian 9.

What is mit-scheme-doc

mit-scheme-doc 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 documentation in Info, HTML, and PDF formats.

There are three methods to install mit-scheme-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install mit-scheme-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mit-scheme-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install mit-scheme-doc

How To Uninstall mit-scheme-doc on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove mit-scheme-doc

Uninstall mit-scheme-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mit-scheme-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove mit-scheme-doc Configurations and Data

To remove mit-scheme-doc configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

mit-scheme-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme-doc package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.