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Trouble installing packages in Debian for mit-scheme-10.1.10, Header file not found

Here's the error for the mcrypt module

checking mcrypt.h usability... no
checking mcrypt.h presence... no
checking for mcrypt.h ... no
configure: error: Header file<mcrypt.h> not found.

Same error for a package called gdbm.

I'm new to Linux and am running Debian 10.2.0-amd64 with Oracle VirtualBox. I'm trying to install Scheme to use with Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. I know that a (.h) file is a header file and that's about it. Any ideas?

Solution

  • I currently don't have access to any debian machines, but given Ubuntu's similarities try:

    apt-get install libmcrypt-dev libgdbm-dev