Installation steps (macOS)

Installation or Setup

Visit https://download.racket-lang.org and choose between the two available distributions:

Racket is the main distribution, it comes with several additional packages like math/number-theory as well as the DrRacket IDE.
Minimal Racket is far smaller and comes only with the needed packages.

Installation steps for macOS:

The installation is very simple. If you are used to this kind of thing, just go to https://download.racket-lang.org, then download and install the .dmg file. A more detailed step-by-step walkthrough is detailed afterwards, if you prefer.

Downloading

Go to https://download.racket-lang.org .
Select Platform: Mac OS (Intel 32-bit) if you have a 32-bit system, or Platform: Mac OS (Intel 64-bit) if you have a 64-bit system.
Click the download button labeled racket-6.9-x86_64-macosx.dmg (106M) (the label may be slightly different depending on the version).

Starting the installer

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Setting up command-line tools

On Mac OS X, you can visit the Help menu of DrRacket and use “Configure Command Line for Racket…” to set up racket tools for command line use. On Windows you will need to add the Racket installation folder to your PATH variable.

Running your first program

To run a program, open DrRacket, enter the program starting with #lang racket, and click the Run button near the top-right corner. Here is a first example program:

#lang racket
(displayln "Hello Racket!")