The setup so far:
apt-get install mzscheme
use wget to grab arc2
run (nsv 5555) - got the famous date error. So now the next task on my checklist is learning how to use git so I can get the date patch via anarki...
apt-get install git git clone git://nex-3.com/arc-wiki.git cd arc-wiki
git branch stable origin/stable git checkout stable
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minor point, I used
apt-get install git-core
(because just "git" didn't seem to work)