# Install gauche with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, scoop R7RS Scheme implementation, developed to be a handy script interpreter. Version 0.9.15 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-29. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gauche ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gauche ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gauche ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: lang/gauche/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gauche ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gauche from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install gauche ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gauche from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gauche ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: gauche from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/gauche ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gauche.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gauche - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.9.15 - **Source summary:** R7RS Scheme implementation, developed to be a handy script interpreter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T14:43:09-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - gauche-cesconv (cli) - gauche-config (cli) - gauche-install (cli) - gauche-package (cli) - gosh (cli) - gauche-cesconv (alias) - gauche-config (alias) - gauche-install (alias) - gauche-package (alias) - gosh (alias) ## Dependencies - ca-certificates - mbedtls@3 ## Uses from macOS - libxcrypt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.9.15 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/shirok/Gauche - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage Gauche is an R7RS Scheme implementation aimed at practical scripting rather than only language experimentation. Its official site presents it as a fast Scheme engine for automation, build tools, shell-like scripting, and larger real-world programs. ### Project history The project is developed by Shiro Kawai and is distributed from the Practical Scheme site, with releases and source hosted in the official GitHub repository. The homepage emphasizes long-term maintenance, backward compatibility, quick startup, operating-system integration, Unicode, networking, threads, regular expressions, and a broad library set. ### Adoption history Gauche's adoption is strongest in the Scheme and Unix scripting communities rather than in mainstream application packaging. Its presence in Homebrew, Debian, Fedora, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop reflects its role as a portable Scheme runtime for users who want a Lisp-family scripting tool available from normal package managers. ### How it is used Users run Gauche through the `gosh` interpreter and supporting tools such as `gauche-config`, `gauche-install`, and `gauche-package`. Official documentation describes Scheme scripting, REPL use, modules, extension packages, standalone executables, R7RS libraries, SRFIs, and Gauche-specific libraries. ### Why package nerds care For package-manager users, Gauche is notable because it treats Scheme as a practical Unix scripting environment with its own package tooling and batteries-included runtime. It is a small but durable example of a language implementation whose packaging value is not only the compiler or interpreter, but also the ecosystem of command-line helpers around it. ### Timeline - 2000s: Gauche becomes a long-running Practical Scheme implementation for scripting. - 2013: The official GitHub repository was created. - 2020s: The project continues to publish releases and documentation for R7RS Scheme and Gauche extensions. ### Related projects - Gauche is related to the R7RS Scheme standard, SRFI libraries, the `get-gauche` installer project, and the broader family of Scheme implementations. The project also maintains extension packages such as Gauche-gtk2. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes generalized runtime or code generation signal. - **Geiger risk:** yellow / medium - generalized runtime or code generation signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** gauche - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 1 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gauche - 0.9.15-p2+20241205-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gauche from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Scheme script engine | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/ - Debian apt - gauche-dev - 0.9.15-p2+20241205-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gauche-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Development files for Gauche | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/ - Debian apt - gauche-doc - 0.9.15-p2+20241205-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gauche-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Reference manual of Gauche | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/ - Debian apt - gauche-gdbm - 0.9.15-p2+20241205-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gauche-gdbm from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | gdbm binding for Gauche | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/ - Debian apt - gauche-zlib - 0.9.15-p2+20241205-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gauche-zlib from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | zlib binding for Gauche | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/ - Debian apt - libgauche-0.98-0 - 0.9.15-p2+20241205-4: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libgauche-0.98-0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Gauche runtime shared library | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche/ - Nix - gauche: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: gauche from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - dnf - gauche - 0.9.12-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gauche from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Scheme script interpreter with multibyte character handling | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche - dnf - gauche-devel - 0.9.12-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gauche-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for Gauche | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche - dnf - gauche-doc - 0.9.12-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: gauche-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for Gauche | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche - dnf - libgauche - 0.9.12-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libgauche from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Gauche runtime shared library | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche - dnf - libgauche-static - 0.9.12-12.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: libgauche-static from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Statically linked library for Gauce | http://practical-scheme.net/gauche - MacPorts - gauche: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: lang/gauche/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/gauche: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gauche.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Nix - gosh: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/go/gosh/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [ca-certificates](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ca-certificates/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mbedtls@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mbedtls-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - 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