About Minimal Racket:
Minimal Racket includes just enough of Racket that you can use
raco pkg to install more.
About the Linux installer:
The Linux build is generic enough that it should work on most
distributions, including relatively old distributions. Racket
may also be available through your distribution's package manager,
although it may be older than the latest Racket version.
Running the Linux installer:
After downloading the installer file, run it with
sh racket.sh
to install, possibly adding
sudo to the start of the command
to install to a location that requires administrator access.
M1 / M2 / M3 Mac users:
Select the
Apple Silicon option in
Platform.
Intel Mac users:
Select the
Intel 64-bit option in
Platform.
About source distributions:
The
Source + built packages
distribution is recommended, instead of the selected
Source distribution.
The
Source + built packages distribution includes pre-built,
platform-independent bytecode; it installs much faster than
plain source, and it is also compatible with fast installs of
additional Racket packages.
About sources for Windows and Mac OS:
To build from source for
Windows or Mac OS, download and build a
Minimal Racket distribution
(see More Installers and Checksums)
instead of a
Racket distribution, then (when on Windows) install the
racket-lib package
with
raco pkg update --auto racket-lib
and then (on both Windows and Mac OS) install packages
with
raco pkg install -i main-distribution
About source builds on Windows:
After building
Minimal Racket
from source, install the
racket-lib package with
with
raco pkg update --auto racket-lib
before installing other packages.
When upgrading:
To restore packages installed for a previous version of Racket, use
DrRacket's
File >
Package Manager >
Copy from Version
or at a command line use
raco pkg migrate.