# Install scheme48 with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Scheme byte-code interpreter. Version 1.9.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install cmuscheme48-el.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:scheme48
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install scheme48
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install scheme48
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/scheme48/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install scheme48
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: scheme48 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#scheme48
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sc/scheme48/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install scheme48
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scheme48 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:scheme48
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.9.3
- **Source summary:** Scheme byte-code interpreter
- **Homepage:** <https://www.s48.org/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- scheme-srfi-7 (alias)
- scheme48 (alias)
- scheme48-config (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.9.3

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

- **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium
- generalized runtime or code generation signal

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - cmuscheme48-el - 1.9.2-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: cmuscheme48-el from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Emacs mode specialized for Scheme48 | https://s48.org/
- Debian apt - scheme48 - 1.9.2-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: scheme48 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | simple, modular, and lightweight Scheme implementation | https://s48.org/
- Debian apt - scheme48-doc - 1.9.2-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: scheme48-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Documentation for the Scheme48 implementation of Scheme | https://s48.org/
- Nix - scheme48: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sc/scheme48/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - cmuscheme48-el - 1.9.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: cmuscheme48-el from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Emacs mode specialized for Scheme48 | https://s48.org/
- Ubuntu apt - scheme48 - 1.9.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: scheme48 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | simple, modular, and lightweight Scheme implementation | https://s48.org/
- Ubuntu apt - scheme48-doc - 1.9.2-2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: scheme48-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Documentation for the Scheme48 implementation of Scheme | https://s48.org/
- zypper - emacs-scheme48 - 1.9.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: emacs-scheme48 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | CMUScheme48 emacs mode | https://www.s48.org/
- zypper - scheme48 - 1.9.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scheme48 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | An implementation of Scheme written by Richard Kelsey and Jonathan Rees | https://www.s48.org/
- zypper - scheme48-devel - 1.9.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scheme48-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Virtual Machine for Scheme48 | https://www.s48.org/
- zypper - scheme48-doc - 1.9.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scheme48-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for Scheme48 | https://www.s48.org/
- zypper - scheme48-prescheme - 1.9.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scheme48-prescheme from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | PreScheme compiler | https://www.s48.org/
- zypper - scheme48-vm - 1.9.3-1.8: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: scheme48-vm from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Virtual Machine for Scheme48 | https://www.s48.org/
- MacPorts - scheme48: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/scheme48/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/scheme48.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/scheme48.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph