Re: [Chicken-users] Error compiling on AMD64 linux machine

[Christian Kellermann]

Hi Richard,

* Richard Hollos <address@hidden> [100923 23:24]:
> We concluded that we needed a bootstrap compiler. It wasn't clear from reading
> the README that I needed one. I got the impression that it was only needed
> when compiling a development version.

Which tarball did you install from initially? All release tarballs
(4.X.0 versions) do include such a bootstrap compiler. The other
tarballs 4.x.y with y != 0 are developer tarballs that assume you
already have a chicken compiler running. What docs did you come
across when choosing your download tarball? I am asking because
that's where we might need better guidance for newcomers like you.

Thanks for keeping at it and welcome to the chicken community!

Christian