[plt-scheme] sorry it's a foolish question, but how does one download?

From: Todd O'Bryan (toddobryan at gmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 29 18:32:51 EST 2009

I have detailed instructions on my Wiki:

https://www.dupontmanual.org/wikis/spectops/HOWTO%3A_Install_DrScheme

Let me know if I should clear up anything. Also, feel free to put them
somewhere other people can access them more easily.

Todd

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:46 PM, John Wagner <gnujohn at gmail.com> wrote:
> Gentlemen:
>
> Thank you all very much for your time and trouble in this matter.  I've read
> the stuff you guys write, and I like it.  Keep up the fine work.
>
> Respectfully,
> John Wagner
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:00 AM, David Brown <plt at davidb.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 09:41:16AM -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
>>>
>>> The one trick with compiling from source is making sure you have all
>>> of the development packages installed. If you get stuck with that,
>>> feel free to ask questions. The first one to install is the g++
>>> packages. Then, try to find the "dev" version of the "xft" library and
>>> try to find the dev version of "libxaw". Those require lots of other
>>> packages that will get you most of the way there, if not all of the
>>> way.
>>
>> The 'build-essential' meta package provides a decent set of
>> development packages.  You'll need libssl-dev.
>>
>> Actually, a good starting point would be to look at the build
>> dependencies listed in
>>
>> <http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/p/plt-scheme/plt-scheme_4.1.5-1.dsc>
>>
>> for the existing Ubuntu package, which should be quite close.
>>
>> David
>
>
>
> --
> John Wagner
> Alhambra and Los Angeles
>
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