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)
