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| CHICKEN-INSTALL(1) |
General Commands Manual |
CHICKEN-INSTALL(1) |
NAME¶
chicken-install - download and install extension libraries for CHICKEN Scheme
SYNOPSIS¶
chicken-install [OPTION | EXTENSION[:VERSION]] ...
DESCRIPTION¶
chicken-install is a program that downloads, compiles and installs a
prepackaged extension library from sources. If no extension name is given on
the command-line, then any existing setup scripts in the current
directory will be executed in some unspecified order.
OPTIONS¶
Enter chicken-install -help for a list of supported command-line
options.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES¶
- CHICKEN_PREFIX
- The installation prefix where CHICKEN Scheme and its support files and
libraries are located. Defaults to the installation time prefix given when
configuring the system.
- CHICKEN_INSTALL_PREFIX
- An alternative installation prefix that will be prepended to extension
installation paths if specified.
- CHICKEN_REPOSITORY
- The path where extension libraries are installed. Defaults to the
package-library path selected during configuration (usually
/var/lib/chicken/<binary-version> )
- SUDO
- The command to execute when using -s flag in command. If not provided,
defaults to the sudo(1).
DOCUMENTATION¶
More information can be found in the CHICKEN User's Manual
BUGS¶
Submit bug reports by e-mail to chicken-janitors@nongnu.org , preferrably
using the chicken-bug tool.
AUTHORS¶
The CHICKEN Team
