Re: Chicken on Debian

[Duke Normandin]

On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:05:21 +0100
Mario Domenech Goulart wrote:

Hey Mario ...

Thanks for all the help!!

[snip]

> If you want to compile CHICKEN from sources, it's a piece of cake
> on Linux, and doesn't depend on much more than what you'd need to
> install eggs. You'll need a C toolchain and GNU make.
>
> In case that's a viable alternative for you, below is a simple
> recipe that will install CHICKEN in $HOME/local/chicken-5.2.0
> (you can change that, of course).
>
>   $ wget
> http://code.call-cc.org/releases/5.2.0/chicken-5.2.0.tar.gz $ tar
> xzvf chicken-5.2.0.tar.gz $ cd chicken-5.2.0
>   $ make PLATFORM=linux PREFIX=$HOME/local/chicken-5.2.0 install

Is 5.2.0 "Bleeding Edge" where I'll be in trouble all the time? :)
And making a bunch of noise on this list?

I'll see what I do have for a toolchain and go from there. Much
obliged!
--
Duke