Ikarus Scheme

downloading srfi libraries

Asked by mekline on 2010-02-05

I am having trouble installing the Ikarus SRFI libraries as described in ikarus-scheme-users-guide.pdf.

When I run

$ bzr checkout --lightweight http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ikarus-libraries-team/ikarus-libraries/srfi

(url updated from the guide as per this question: http://<email address hidden>/msg00224.html)

I am still throwing "not a branch" errors. Is there a newer URL I should be using, or am I doing something else wrong?

I am newish to linux/scheme, so if you have suggestions on some alternate way to get the libraries onto my computer and accesible within scheme, a greater level of detail would be much appreciated!

Also, can you clarify how these srfi libraries should be included in scheme programs? A simple 'import' of the file with the library path set up correctly? something else?

Thanks very much for your time!

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Last query:: 2010-02-05

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Derick Eddington (derick-eddington) said on 2010-02-05:

You have the wrong URL. The URL changed when the owner and project
names changed a while ago, but the Ikarus User's Guide has not been
updated. The new command is:

bzr checkout --lightweight lp:~scheme-libraries-team/scheme-libraries/srfi

You use the libraries by importing them by their library name. E.g.:

(import (srfi :1 lists)
(srfi :78 lightweight-testing))

And yes, you must correctly configure the directories searched for
library files.