Re: [Chicken-users] setup-download

[Matt Gushee]

Hi, Peter--

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 6:03 AM, Peter Sommerfeld <address@hidden> wrote:

 

I am new to scheme and chicken. I have installed 4.9.0.1 on DragonflyBSD

Welcome to the crazy world of Scheme!

 

I have set the environment in .tcshrc
    setenv CHICKEN_REPOSITORY $HOME/eggs/lib/chicken/4

and called:
    chicken-install -init ~/eggs/lib/chicken/4

You should be aware that the number at the end of the path is a 'binary compatibility version' for eggs, which is independent of the Chicken compiler version. The current binary version is 7, so the default egg repo location would be $SYSTEM_LIB_PATH/chicken/7. Here's [a little] more info:

    http://wiki.call-cc.org/chicken-hackers-guide#versions

Given that you are manually setting the repo location, I don't know that using a different number will cause any problems. But you will need to change it periodically - I think the egg binary version certainly changes when the Chicken major version changes, but - given the number is now 7 - apparently on some other occasions too.

--

Matt Gushee