28 Building Racket from Source

► |  | Inside: Racket C API

I | Inside Racket CS
II | Inside Racket BC (3m and CGC)
III | Appendices
| Index

▼ | III | Appendices

28 | Building Racket from Source
29 | Cross-compiling Racket Sources for i OS
30 | Linking to DLLs on Windows
31 | Embedding Files in Executable Sections

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### 28`` Building Racket from Source🔗ℹ

The normal Racket distribution includes ".rkt" sources for collection-based libraries. After modifying library files, run raco setup (see raco setup: Installation Management) to rebuild installed libraries.

The normal Racket distribution does not include the C sources for Racket’s run-time system. To build Racket from scratch, download a source distribution from http://download.racket-lang.org. Detailed build instructions are in the "README.txt" file in the top-level "src" directory. You can also get the latest sources from the git repository at https://github.com/racket/racket, but beware that the repository is one step away from a normal source distribution, and it provides build modes that are more suitable for developing Racket itself; see "build.md" in the git repository for more information.

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