[plt-scheme] collection not found error at startup

On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 06:04:10AM -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> On Jun 27, Tamas K Papp wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 05:38:39AM -0400, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > > On Jun 27, Tamas K Papp wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > 
> > > > I am using the debian package of mzscheme.  Recently (must have been
> > > > after an upgrade), it started giving me this error message at startup:
> > > > 
> > > > Welcome to MzScheme v4.0.1 [cgc], Copyright (c) 2004-2008 PLT Scheme Inc.
> > > > lib: standard-module-name-resolver: collection not found: "scheme" in any of: (#<path:/home/tpapp/.plt-scheme/4.0.1/collects> #<path:/usr/lib/plt/collects>) in: (lib "scheme/init")
> > > > standard-module-name-resolver: collection not found: "scheme" in any of: (#<path:/home/tpapp/.plt-scheme/4.0.1/collects> #<path:/usr/lib/plt/collects>)
> > > 
> > > Do you have a "/usr/lib/plt/collects/scheme" directory?
> > 
> > No, I have /usr/lib/plt/collects/mzscheme (not scheme), part of the
> > mzscheme package.
> > 
> > Is it possible that the "scheme" (vs "mzscheme") is a leftover from
> > some earlier conf file I have?  Where should I look for this?
> 
> It sounds like the debian package is not setup properly.  The `scheme'
> collection *should* be there.
> 
> Another thing that looks strange is that you have the `cgc' version of
> mzscheme, but the default builds should be `3m'.

Thanks Eli,

I submitted a bug report
(http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488246)

A temporary workaround is to install drscheme, which has these files.

Thanks,

Tamas