05-29-2011
Don't extract them with anything. .iso files are CD images, containing more than just the files that can be extracted, but also non-file information that is required to boot the CD. Instead, open your burning program, and choose an option that sounds like "Burn image to disc". Then choose the downloaded image, burn it (including closing the CD), and boot from that.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
chicken-install
CHICKEN-INSTALL(1) General Commands Manual CHICKEN-INSTALL(1)
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 pre-
fix 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
/var/lib/chicken/<binary-version> )
DOCUMENTATION
More information can be found in the Chicken User's Manual
BUGS
Submit bug reports by e-mail to chicken-janitors@nongnu.org , preferrably using the chicken-bug tool.
AUTHORS
The CHICKEN Team
SEE ALSO
chicken-uninstall(1) chicken-status(1) chicken(1) csc(1) chicken-bug(1)
13 Aug 2008 CHICKEN-INSTALL(1)