How To Install chibi-scheme-common on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install chibi-scheme-common on Ubuntu 22.04. chibi-scheme-common is embeddable Scheme interpreter (standard libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install chibi-scheme-common on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is chibi-scheme-common

chibi-scheme-common is:

Chibi-Scheme is a really small embeddable interpreter of R7RS Scheme, intended for use as an extension and scripting language in C programs.

This package provides the standard library for R7RS Scheme, as well as some additional extension libraries.

There are three methods to install chibi-scheme-common on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install chibi-scheme-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install chibi-scheme-common

Install chibi-scheme-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install chibi-scheme-common

Install chibi-scheme-common 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 chibi-scheme-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chibi-scheme-common

How To Uninstall chibi-scheme-common on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the chibi-scheme-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove chibi-scheme-common

Uninstall chibi-scheme-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall chibi-scheme-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chibi-scheme-common

Remove chibi-scheme-common Configurations and Data

To remove chibi-scheme-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge chibi-scheme-common

Remove chibi-scheme-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chibi-scheme-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install chibi-scheme-common package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.