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chicken-install: download and install extension libraries for CHICKEN Scheme

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 $prefix/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 [at] nongnu.org , preferrably using the chicken-bug tool.

AUTHORS

The CHICKEN Team