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Asked by parker lewis

HI,

I downloaded racket or Dr Scheme programming language.

How do i install it. when I use the command {install racket-5.0.2-bin-i386-linux-ubuntu-jaunty.sh} without the curly brackets i get an error asking me for destination to install the program.

Pls any one know if this software is even compatibly with ubuntu 10.10 and if so how do i install

Thanx

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said :
#1

Do you need the new 'racket' scheme release? If you just need Dr Scheme then you can install 'plt-scheme' from your package manager.

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parker lewis (knowledge-hungri) said :
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Hi Phil,

Thanks,I was able to install dr scheme with sudo apt-get install plt-scheme, but now im trying to run it with dr scheme from the prompt and it isnt found,

I am a new linux user so im new at this.

When i try to locate plt-scheme on my system, i cant find it.

when i tried to install again, i was told ita already installed.

Pls advise
Parker

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Philip Muškovac (yofel) said :
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Which ubuntu release are you using? Here on maverick it's part of plt-scheme, which should be the case for at least lucid too:
$ dpkg -S /usr/bin/drscheme
plt-scheme: /usr/bin/drscheme

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Best Philip Muškovac (yofel) said :
#4

Sorry, forgot you already said that in your question...
well, the executable should be

/usr/bin/drscheme

in maverick.

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parker lewis (knowledge-hungri) said :
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Hi Phil,

Bro, for real I checked there but was looking for 'plt-scheme' not drscheme. Beginner programmer and I drsceme is good to learn with.

Thanks alot bro, that totally solved my problem,

parker

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parker lewis (knowledge-hungri) said :
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Thanks Philip Muškovac, that solved my question.