Chicken version 3.4.0 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 3.4.0

      View the most recent changes for the chicken port at: chicken.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for chicken.
      The raw portfile for chicken 3.4.0 is located here:
      http://chicken.darwinports.com/dports/lang/chicken/Portfile
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      The chicken Portfile 49127 2009-04-04 06:23:58Z mcalhoun macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0
      Name: chicken
      Version: 3.4.0
      Category: lang scheme
      Maintainers: gmail.com:arto.bendiken waqar gmail.com:ivan.g.raikov
      Description: Compiler for the Scheme programming language
      Long Description: Chicken produces portable, efficient C, supports almost all of the current Scheme language standard, the Revised5 Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme (R5RS ), and includes many enhancements and extensions.
      Homepage: http://www.call-with-current-continuation.org/
      Platform: darwin
      Master Sites: http://chicken.wiki.br/releases/${version}
      distfiles ${distname}${extract.suffix}
      Checksums: md5 9299e9daa9c39cbd391975ce5e5aa7d9 sha1 6a73186eb01e2aa952056cf2ccb8fa136f9fab4e rmd160 e28808de5408753df1e0b050dcac19f540567f13
      configure {
      reinplace "s|C_COMPILER ?= gcc|C_COMPILER ?= ${configure.cc}|" ${worksrcpath}/defaults.make
      reinplace "s|CXX_COMPILER ?= g++|C_COMPILER ?= ${configure.cxx}|" ${worksrcpath}/defaults.make
      }
      pre-build {
      system "cd ${worksrcpath} && ${build.cmd} ${build.args} bootstrap"
      }
      build.args PLATFORM=macosx PREFIX=${prefix}
      build.post_args CHICKEN=./chicken-boot
      use_parallel_build yes
      destroot.args PLATFORM=macosx PREFIX=${prefix}

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/chicken
      % sudo port install chicken
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching chicken
      ---> Verifying checksum for chicken
      ---> Extracting chicken
      ---> Configuring chicken
      ---> Building chicken with target all
      ---> Staging chicken into destroot
      ---> Installing chicken
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using chicken with these commands:
      %  man chicken
      % apropos chicken
      % which chicken
      % locate chicken

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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