[Chicken-users] Installing on Mac OS 10.7.3

[James Abbott]

Hi,-

I recently discovered Chicken Scheme through a podcast pick (http://rubyrogues.com/databases-sql-nosql/ - thanks, Aaron!). I had previously been searching for a Scheme implementation to run on a Mac, but Chicken didn't even show on the radar. Racket looks all right, but is slow - so I'm stocked to try out this project!

Anyway, I'm about to install and just wanted to make sure I go the right way about this. I run Mac OS X 10.7.3, Intel Core Duo. I want to enable the 64-bit mode. According to the README this is the way to go:

Step 1: $ export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4
Step 1: $ make C_COMPILER=gcc-4.0 PLATFORM=macosx ARCH=x86-64

Correct? 

Also, do I need to move my installation folder to any particular location on the system prior to installing? (Currently, the archive is extracted to a folder on Desktop).

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
James