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Installing MIT Scheme on OSX
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#Instructions to install MIT Scheme on OSX

  1. Download either the 32-bit or 64-bit dmg file for Scheme from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mit-scheme/stable.pkg/.

  2. Double click the .dmg file, and you'll get this window, in which you should drag the "MIT/GNU Scheme" file into the Applications folder.

  3. Execute the following commands depending on the package version and OSX version:

##OSX pre El Capitan##

####For the 32-bit version#### sudo ln -s /Applications/MIT:GNU\ Scheme.app/Contents/Resources /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-i386 sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-i386/mit-scheme /usr/bin/scheme

####For the 64-bit version sudo ln -s /Applications/MIT:GNU\ Scheme.app/Contents/Resources /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-x86-64 sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-x86-64/mit-scheme /usr/bin/scheme

##OSX El Capitan

####For the 64-bit version sudo ln -s /Applications/MIT:GNU\ Scheme.app/Contents/Resources /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-x86-64 sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-x86-64/mit-scheme /usr/local/bin/scheme

#Usage

On the command line:

scheme

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