Installing MIT Scheme 7.5 on Intel x86 unix

If you are running a unix system on a 32-bit Intel architecture machine, you should be able to use MIT Scheme. We distribute binaries for a few unix systems, but it is possible to compile MIT 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 scheme-7.5.17-ix86-gnu-linux.tar.gz and the source package scheme-7.5.17-src-ucode.tar.gz. (The source package scheme-7.5.17-src.tar.gz will also work, but is much larger.)

2. Unpack the source package:

   tar xzf scheme-7.5.17-src-ucode.tar.gz 
   cd scheme-7.5.17/src/microcode
   

3. Configure the package:

   ./configure
   

4. Compile the program:

   make scheme bchscheme
   

5. Unpack the standard binary package and copy the new executables into it:

   cd ../../..
   tar xzf scheme-7.5.17-ix86-gnu-linux.tar.gz 
   cp -fp scheme-7.5.17/src/microcode/scheme bin/.
   cp -fp scheme-7.5.17/src/microcode/bchscheme bin/.
   

6. Now install the modified binary package according to the standard directions.