Re: [Chicken-users] Egg Installation Problem

[William Ramsay]

Well, that at least tells me what's wrong.   It turns out that I have 
two versions of chicken running - 2.6 and 3.4.   The newer version is 
running in /usr/local/bin and the older in /usr/bin.   Installing an egg 
finds /usr/bin before /usr/local/bin, evidently.

I guess the question now is how do I get rid of the older version?   Is 
there a programmatic way or should I just delete it?

(Shouldn't the install of the new version straightened all this out?)

I run Gentoo Linux, but did not install Chicken from Gentoo.    I  
downloaded and compiled both  versions.

Happy Holidays,

Bill

felix winkelmann wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:25 PM, William Ramsay <address@hidden> wrote:
>   
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to install the xlib egg.    I run  "chicken-setup xlib"  and it
> > downloads  and compiles it.   I  have to be root  in order to install it  -
> > otherwise I get  an error.     After installation I run "chicken-setup
> > -list" and, indeed xlib is there.   And I'm able to compile and run the
> > hello world example program in the xlib docs.
> >
> > However, all of this only works if I'm root.    If I'm not root,
> > "chicken-setup -list"  shows me nothing.     If I try to compile  I get an
> > error that xlib does not exist.
> >
> > Obviously, I should be able to compile without being root.   What am I doing
> > wrong?
> >     
>
> Hm...
>
> Try these (as root):
>
> which chicken-setup
> chicken-setup -repository
>
> If you run then as non-root, do you have different results? (i.e.
> do you have multiple installations of chicken and pick up
> different ones, according to the setting of PATH as different
> users)
> Do you have non-root read access to the directory that "chicken-setup
> -repository"
> shows?
> You can also override the repository-path by setting
> the environment variable CHICKEN_REPOSITORY. So, for example,
> set it to an accessible directory, run "chicken-setup xlib" again, and
> check if it works.
>
>
> cheers,
> felix
>
>