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
| 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 |