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Introduction
This aims to provide a comprehensive listing of all platforms where Chicken is available in pre-packaged form (whether as a distribution package or a binary).
In order to enable software to be written and distributed using Chicken, it is important that Chicken be included in as many of the various packaging systems as possible, so that it can be relied on as an available dependency.
Linux
Debian Linux
Chicken 2.3 (a very old version) is officially included in the Debian 3.1 (Sarge) and 4.0 (Etch) distributions. Newer Chicken versions are available via unofficial packages, please see Debian packages.
Ubuntu Linux
The Debian packages should work on Ubuntu, too. Can anyone confirm?
Gentoo Linux
No Portage package available as of yet.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop (SLES/SLED)
No package available as of yet.
CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
No package available as of yet.
BSD
No information as of yet.
Mac OS X
MacPorts
If you're using MacPorts, installation is very simple. Open the Terminal application and type the following:
sudo port install chicken
This will download, compile and install the latest Chicken version.
The MacPorts package is maintained by Arto Bendiken.
Mac binary
There used to be a binary installer made available. What happened to it?
Windows
See Compiling Chicken on Windows XP with MinGW.
To be expanded upon by somebody who knows something about it.
Miscellaneous
See Chicken on handhelds.