1CHICKEN-INSTALL(1) BSD General Commands Manual CHICKEN-INSTALL(1)
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4 chicken-install — download and install extension libraries for CHICKEN
5 Scheme
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8 chicken-install [OPTION ...] [NAME[:VERSION] ...]
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11 chicken-install downloads, compiles and installs a prepackaged extension
12 library from sources. If no extension name is given on the command line,
13 then any existing egg descriptions in the current directory will be exe‐
14 cuted in unspecified order.
15 The program accepts following arguments:
17 -h, -help
19 Show usage and exit.
20 -version
22 Show version and exit.
23 -v, -verbose
25 Print extra information during installation.
26 -force Install without confirmation, even if versions don't match.
28 -k, -keep
30 Keep temporary files.
31 -s, -sudo
33 Use an external program to elevate privileges for filesystem op‐
34 erations. The program defaults to sudo(8) but can be overridden
35 with the SUDO environment variable.
36 -r, -retrieve
38 Just retrieve the egg, don't install it (giving -r more than once
39 implies -recursive).
40 -recursive
42 If -retrieve is given, also fetch dependencies recursively.
43 -dry-run
45 Do not build or install, just print the locations of the gener‐
46 ated build & install scripts.
47 -list-versions
49 List available versions for the given eggs.
50 -purge Remove cached files for given eggs (or purge cache completely).
52 -host When cross-compiling, only compile extensions for host.
54 -target
56 When cross-compiling, only compile extensions for target.
57 -test Run included test cases, if available.
59 -n, -no-install
61 Do not install the egg, just build it.
62 -no-install-dependencies
64 Do not install dependencies. Note that this option may result in
65 build failures due to missing extension libraries.
66 -u, -update-db
68 Update export database.
69 -repository
71 Print path used for egg installation.
72 -override filename
74 Override versions for installed eggs with information from
75 filename.
76 -from-list filename
78 Install eggs listed in filename, which has the same format as
79 chicken-status(1)'s -list output. This option may be given multi‐
80 ple times.
81 -cached
83 Only install eggs from cache, do not download.
84 -feature, -D name
86 Register feature name, usable as a condition in cond-expand
87 clauses.
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90 Following environment variables change the behaviour of chicken-install:
91 CHICKEN_EGG_CACHE Location where eggs are retrieved and built.
93 CHICKEN_INSTALL_REPOSITORY The path where extension libraries are in‐
95 stalled. Defaults to the package library path
96 selected during configuration (usually
97 $prefix/lib/chicken/<binary-version>).
98 SUDO The command to execute when using -s flag in
100 command. If not provided, defaults to
101 sudo(8).
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104 $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/chicken/setup.defaults
105 User specific setup.defaults file. ( $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to
106 $HOME/.config )
107 $prefix/share/chicken/setup.default
109 System-wide setup.defaults file.
110 $XDG_CACHE_HOME/chicken-install/
112 Default directory for cached eggs. ( $XDG_CACHE_HOME defaults to
113 $HOME/.cache )
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116 The chicken-install utility exits 0 on success, 2 if the user aborted an
117 operation, 3 if it was invoked with no explicitly given egg names and no
118 *.egg files could be found in the current directory, and >0 if any other
119 error occurs.
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122 Install ‘regex’ egg as root user:
123 # chicken-install regex
125 Install an egg as an normal user but using sudo(8):
127 $ chicken-install -s regex
129 Install an egg as an normal user but elevating privileges with different
131 program, such as OpenBSD doas(1):
132 $ SUDO=/usr/bin/doas chicken-install -s regex
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136 chicken(1), chicken-status(1), chicken-uninstall(1), csc(1)
137 More information can be found in the CHICKEN User's Manual:
139 http://wiki.call-cc.org/manual/index
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142 The CHICKEN Team
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145 Submit bug reports by e-mail to chicken-janitors@nongnu.org
146BSD Apr 26, 2017 BSD