Information about the package, gambit-c, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gambit-c package is designed for, Scheme programming system.
Package Name:
gambit-c
Summary:
Scheme programming system
Description:
Gambit-C includes a Scheme interpreter and a Scheme compiler which can be used to build standalone executables. Because the compiler generates portable C code it is fairly easy to port to any platform with a decent C compiler. The Gambit-C system conforms to the R4RS, R5RS and IEEE Scheme standards. The full numeric tower is implemented, including: infinite precision integers (bignums), rationals, inexact reals (floating point numbers), and complex numbers.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.7.9
Release:
1.el6.1
Size:
6.0 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0 or LGPLv2
Control the gambit-c package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gambit-c
This command will install gambit-c on the server.
yum remove gambit-c
This command will un-install gambit-c on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gambit-c, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gambit-c
This command will un-install gambit-c 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 gambit-c when using the -y flag.
yum update gambit-c
This command will update gambit-c to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gambit-c, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gambit-c
This command will update gambit-c 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 gambit-c when using the -y flag.
yum info gambit-c
This command will show you core information about the gambit-c package.
yum deplist gambit-c
This command will show you the dependencies for gambit-c. 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 gambit-c
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gambit-c. 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.