[plt-scheme] newbie installation problem on kubuntu edgy

From: jos koot (jos.koot at telefonica.net)
Date: Sat Apr 21 07:12:27 EDT 2007

How did you download DrScheme? From http://download.plt-scheme.org/drscheme/ you can find a self installing script plus a two line 
instruction how to run the installer.

(((((lambda(x)((((((((x x)x)x)x)x)x)x)x))
    (lambda(x)(lambda(y)(x(x y)))))
   (lambda(x)(x)x))
  (lambda()(printf "Greetings, Jos~n"))))
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ronny
  To: plt-scheme at list.cs.brown.edu
  Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 6:57 AM
  Subject: [plt-scheme] newbie installation problem on kubuntu edgy


  Hi everyone, I have decided that learning Scheme is the right way to
  enlightenment, and after careful study found plt-scheme to be the one to
  try. Unfortunately I ran into trouble already before I could get it
  installed, and I would be very happy if someone could shed some light on
  the meaning of the error messages I got.
  I first tried sudo apt-get install mzscheme drscheme, installed all
  dependent packages and checked the checkbox that showed up asking me if
  I want to start the web server. I received various error messages, the
  one that particularly bothered me was the one saying that drscheme
  depends on mzscheme, which was not properly configured (the actual
  message has disappeared from the end of the console buffer):

  So I tried:
  $ /etc/init.d/mzscheme start
  Starting web server: mzserver ... start-stop-daemon: stat
  /usr/lib/plt/bin/mzscheme: No such file or directory (No such file or
  directory)
  failed

  Based on this, I tried reconfiguring it, with no luck, but then I
  figured that I might satisfy it by copying /usr/bin/mzscheme into the
  directory above, which gave me this result (together with the X errors
  below, which I don't understand but I know are not related to plt-scheme):

  $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure mzscheme
  /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: mzscheme is broken or not fully installed
  DESTROY created new reference to dead object ' Qt::VBoxLayout' during
  global destruction.

  After a bit of trouble I managed to get the packages removed, so I could
  start over:

  $ sudo apt-get install mzscheme
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree
  Reading state information... Done
  Suggested packages:
    drscheme slib
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    mzscheme
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0B/5070kB of archives.
  After unpacking 25.4MB of additional disk space will be used.
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  DESTROY created new reference to dead object ' Qt::VBoxLayout', <> line
  1 during global destruction.
  Preconfiguring packages ...
  Selecting previously deselected package mzscheme.
  (Reading database ... 122021 files and directories currently installed.)
  Unpacking mzscheme (from .../mzscheme_1%3a352-1_i386.deb) ...
  Setting up mzscheme (352-1) ...
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 166
    Major opcode:  144
    Minor opcode:  3
    Resource id:  0x0
  Failed to open device
  Use of uninitialized value in join or string at
  /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/Stack.pm line 104, <GEN1> line 2.
  Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at
  /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 83, <GEN6> line 1.
  Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at
  /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Format/822.pm line 84, <GEN6> line 1.

  Now I have to throw in the towel. I am not (yet) experienced enough with
  linux to solve this problem by myself, hence my mail to this list.
  Any hint to get me in the right direction will be greatly appreciated!

  Ronny.
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