How to Install guile-1.8 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install guile-1.8 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

guile-1.8 software package provides GNU extension language and Scheme interpreter, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install guile-1.8 

guile-1.8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the guile-1.8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep guile-1.8 *

You will get with guile-1.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

guile-1.8 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Interpreters
Package guile-1.8
Version 1.8.8+1-10ubuntu1
Description GNU extension language and Scheme interpreter
Sub Section Interpreters


See Also, How to uninstall or remove guile-1.8 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?