# New installltion of Drracket does not work

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-installltion-of-drracket-does-not-work/2527>\
**Category:** Questions & Answers\
**Created:** [November 22, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-installltion-of-drracket-does-not-work/2527 "2023-11-22T18:18:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![greadey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@greadey](https://racket.discourse.group/u/greadey)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-installltion-of-drracket-does-not-work/2527/1 "2023-11-22T18:18:49Z")

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I recently re-installed my OS (Freebsd). I did it by wiping everything and starting again. As usual I installed DRRacket. In the past it has just worked! Now it starts up in typed racket and no #lang line in the defs window.  
If I put a #lang racketline in the defs window via both manual typing or selecting it from the languages tab and press the run button I get the following;

printing:module-begin: allowed only around a module body in: (printing:module-begin (module configure-runtime (quote #%kernel) (#%require racket/runtime-config) (configure #f)))

Any ideas what is going on or is it a case of purge and re-install?

greadey

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**Author:** ![jbclements](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/jbclements/32/11_2.png) [@jbclements](https://racket.discourse.group/u/jbclements)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/new-installltion-of-drracket-does-not-work/2527/2 "2023-11-26T04:55:36Z")

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Huh. Interesting!

I would try the following. Open a new window or tab. Choose the "Language\>Choose Language... " menu. What language is chosen? Next, choose "The Racket Language". Click okay. Then, put `#lang racket` in the buffer and hit Run. What is shown in the interactions window?