How To Install mit-scheme on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme on Kali Linux. mit-scheme is MIT/GNU Scheme development environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mit-scheme on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.