How To Install tinyscheme on Debian 12

Learn how to install tinyscheme on Debian 12 with this tutorial. tinyscheme is Very small scheme implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyscheme on Debian 12.

What is tinyscheme

tinyscheme is:

TinyScheme is an implementation of the algorithmic language Scheme that aims to very small memory footprint while being as close to R5RS as practically feasible. TinyScheme is also a good base for hacking, given the implementation’s small size, easy gluing with C and code being fully reentrant.

TinyScheme is based on an s-expression evaluator. This package distributes TinyScheme as a standalone executable.

There are three methods to install tinyscheme 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 tinyscheme Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tinyscheme

Install tinyscheme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tinyscheme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tinyscheme

Install tinyscheme 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 tinyscheme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tinyscheme

How To Uninstall tinyscheme on Debian 12

To uninstall only the tinyscheme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tinyscheme

Uninstall tinyscheme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tinyscheme

Remove tinyscheme Configurations and Data

To remove tinyscheme configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tinyscheme

Remove tinyscheme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tinyscheme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tinyscheme

Dependencies

tinyscheme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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