Installing MIT/GNU Scheme on Intel IA-32 (x86) unix

If you are running a unix system on a 32-bit Intel architecture machine, you should be able to use MIT/GNU Scheme. We distribute binaries for a few unix systems, but it is possible to compile MIT/GNU Scheme for other unix systems by following these directions. This can also be useful if you have one of the supported systems in a different configuration; for example if you use GNU/Linux but don't have X11 support installed.

  1. Download the standard binary package mit-scheme-9.1.1-ix86-gnu-linux.tar.gz and the source package mit-scheme-9.1.1-ucode.tar.gz.
  2. Unpack the source package: 
    tar xzf mit-scheme-9.1.1-ucode.tar.gz
cd mit-scheme-9.1.1/src/microcode
  3. Configure the package: 
    ./configure
  4. Compile the program: 
    make
  5. Unpack the standard binary package and copy the new executables into it: 
    cd ../..
tar xzf ../mit-scheme-9.1.1-ix86-gnu-linux.tar.gz
rm -f bin/mit-scheme-native lib/mit-scheme/lib/*.so
cp -fp src/microcode/mit-scheme-native bin/.
cp -fp src/microcode/*.so lib/mit-scheme/lib/.
  6. Now install the modified binary package according to the standard directions.

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