[racket] Installation issues on Ubuntu

Thanks Todd, it worked!

For anyone else who finds this answer, I'll also note that you may need to
install another dependency for 'add-apt-repository,' depending on your
version of Ubuntu:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13018626/add-apt-repository-not-found

In my case, python-software-properties. After that, the above works like a
charm.

-Pablo


On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Todd O'Bryan <toddobryan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Use the PPA. It makes everything happy:
>
> $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:plt/racket
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get install racket
>
> If that doesn't work for you, let me know and I'll try reinstalling to
> see if I do anything special that I don't recall at the moment.
>
> Todd
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Paul Meier <pablo.a.meier at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Racket!
> >
> > I'm trying to install Racket to run on my Linode, which is running Ubuntu
> > 12.04 LTS. I've tried a few things:
> >
> > * `sudo apt-get install racket` installs an older version of Racket that
> > complains about (provide (contract-out ...)), which my code uses.
> >
> > * The Ubuntu Precise distribution installs seemingly without issue, but
> when
> > I try to run the REPL, my system complains:
> >
> > `zsh: exec format error: /usr/racket/bin/racket`
> >
> > and if I try to run racket on a file (i.e. `racket src/run.rkt`) it
> throws
> > with:
> >
> > $ racket src/run.rkt
> > /usr/local/bin/racket: 1: /usr/local/bin/racket: ELF: not found
> > /usr/local/bin/racket: 2: /usr/local/bin/racket: Syntax error: "("
> > unexpected
> >
> > which makes me think the binary doesn't like my system.
> >
> > * Finally, I've tried compiling from source, but when I get to the `sudo
> > make install` step, it fails pretty opaquely at around this point in the
> > console output:
> >
> > raco setup: 1 making: algol60/examples
> > raco setup: 1 making: compatibility
> > raco setup: 1 making: compatibility/scribblings
> > Killed
> > make[1]: *** [install-3m] Error 137
> >
> > ---
> >
> > With all this in mind, can anybody shed some light on how to stop the
> > failures? I don't mind which method I end up using, I'd just like to get
> my
> > program running one way or another.
> >
> > Thanks! :D
> >
> > - Pablo
> >
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>



-- 
- Pablo
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