Hello,
I'm completely new to Racket, Scheme and Lisp dialects in general. I count on the racket system to learn... While trying to install, I face the issue described below. The only tip on installation I could find online (searched for a while...) is: "1 Ready... Download Racket, install, and then start DrRacket." at http://docs.racket-lang.org/quick/index.html Seems all other docs take install for granted. Is the README inside the package I cannot open? ;-) My system is ubuntu 9.10. After some search, I found that the .sh file downloaded is a shar archive, to be unpacked and installed using unshar. Right. With the ubuntu package, the result is the following (note: I do not answer the questions asked by the installer, the output as shown below is produced without any key stroke by me): s...@o:~/Desktop/Lisp$ unshar racket-5.0-bin-i386-linux-ubuntu-jaunty.sh /home/spir/Desktop/Lisp/racket-5.0-bin-i386-linux-ubuntu-jaunty.sh: This program will extract and install Racket v5.0. Note: the required diskspace for this installation is about 241M. Do you want a Unix-style distribution? In this distribution mode files go into different directories according to Unix conventions. A "racket-uninstall" script will be generated to be used when you want to remove the installation. If you say 'no', the whole Racket directory is kept in a single installation directory (movable and erasable) unit, possibly with convenient external links into it -- this is often more convenient, especially if you want to install multiple versions or keep it in your home directory. Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Enter yes/no (default: no) > Where do you want to install the "plt" directory tree? 1 - /usr/plt [default] 2 - /usr/local/plt 3 - ~/plt (/home/spir/plt) 4 - ./plt (here) Or enter a different "racket" directory to install in. > sh: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")") With the Debian package, I get the following: s...@o:~/Desktop/Lisp$ unshar racket-5.0-bin-i386-linux-debian.sh /home/spir/Desktop/Lisp/racket-5.0-bin-i386-linux-debian.sh: This program will extract and install Racket v5.0. Note: the required diskspace for this installation is about 241M. Do you want a Unix-style distribution? In this distribution mode files go into different directories according to Unix conventions. A "racket-uninstall" script will be generated to be used when you want to remove the installation. If you say 'no', the whole Racket directory is kept in a single installation directory (movable and erasable) unit, possibly with convenient external links into it -- this is often more convenient, especially if you want to install multiple versions or keep it in your home directory. Enter yes/no (default: no) > Where do you want to install the "plt" directory tree? 1 - /usr/plt [default] 2 - /usr/local/plt 3 - ~/plt (/home/spir/plt) 4 - ./plt (here) Or enter a different "racket" directory to install in. > Checking the integrity of the binary archive... /usr/bin/tail: cannot open `sh' for reading: No such file or directory Error: bad CRC checksum. Note: sh is installed on my computer (indeed). Cannot read/open the file in an editor. I have idea what I can do now. Thank you, Denis ________________________________ vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
