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bigloo


Information about the package, bigloo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bigloo package is designed for, A compiler for the Scheme programming language.


Package Name:

bigloo

Summary:

A compiler for the Scheme programming language

Description:

Bigloo is a Scheme implementation devoted to one goal: enabling Scheme based programming style where C(++) is usually required. Bigloo attempts to make Scheme practical by offering features usually presented by traditional programming languages but not offered by Scheme and functional programming. Bigloo compiles Scheme modules. It delivers small and fast stand alone binary executables. Bigloo enables full connections between Scheme and C programs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.3a

Release:

2.5.el6

Size:

12 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for bigloo


Control the bigloo package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install bigloo

This command will install bigloo on the server.

yum remove bigloo

This command will un-install bigloo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bigloo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove bigloo

This command will un-install bigloo on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove bigloo when using the -y flag.

yum update bigloo

This command will update bigloo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bigloo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update bigloo

This command will update bigloo to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove bigloo when using the -y flag.

yum info bigloo

This command will show you core information about the bigloo package.

yum deplist bigloo

This command will show you the dependencies for bigloo. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update bigloo

This command will check if there is an update waiting on bigloo. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.