# Install sisc-scheme with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Extensive Java based Scheme interpreter. Version 1.16.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-14. Also installable with macports: sudo port install sisc.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:sisc-scheme
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install sisc-scheme
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install sisc
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install sisc
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:sisc-scheme
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.16.6
- **Source summary:** Extensive Java based Scheme interpreter
- **Homepage:** <https://sisc-scheme.org/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-14T15:13:50+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- sisc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.16.6

## Security Notes

generalized runtime or code generation signal.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - sisc: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/sisc/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - sisc - 1.16.6-1.3: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: sisc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | A Java integrated, fully R5RS compliant Scheme system | http://www.sisc-scheme.org/
- Ubuntu apt - sisc - 1.16.6-1.3: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: sisc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | A Java integrated, fully R5RS compliant Scheme system | http://www.sisc-scheme.org/


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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