guile 1.8.8

Scheme implementation intended especially for extensions

Guile is the GNU Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extensions, the official extension language of the GNU system. It is an implementation of the Scheme language which can be easily embedded in other applications to provide a convenient means of extending the functionality of the application without requiring the source code to be rewritten.

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
Licenses: LGPL 2.0+
Package source: gnu/packages/guile.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install guile 1.8.8 as follows:

guix install guile@1.8.8

Or install the latest version:

guix install guile

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.