# Rhombus zip includes .zo files?

**URL:** <https://racket.discourse.group/t/rhombus-zip-includes-zo-files/4451>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 29, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/rhombus-zip-includes-zo-files/4451 "2026-10-29T18:41:06Z")\
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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:** [October 29, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/rhombus-zip-includes-zo-files/4451/1 "2026-10-29T18:41:06Z")

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I'm setting up a new machine, and the only version of Racket on this machine is 9.3.900, so I was surprised when I downloaded rhombus, and got an error about a .zo file that had been compiled for version 9.3. I did a small amount of digging, and discovered that `http://download.rhombus-lang.org/releases/1.1/pkgs/rhombus.zip` contains `.zo` files. Is that a bundling oversight? I'm confident I can repair it by removing the compiled subdirectory, but that probably isn't reasonable to ask of our users?

```scheme
loading code: version mismatch
  expected: "9.3.900"
  found: "9.3"
  in: /Users/clements/Library/Racket/9.3.900/pkgs/rhombus/rhombus/scribblings/main/compiled/info_rkt.zo
  possible solution: running `racket -y`, `raco make`, or `raco setup`
  context...:
   /Applications/Racket v9.3.900/collects/setup/getinfo.rkt:33:0: get-info/full
   /Applications/Racket v9.3.900/collects/racket/contract/private/arrow-val-first.rkt:587:3
   /Applications/Racket v9.3.900/share/pkgs/racket-index/setup/xref.rkt:27:0: get-dests
   /Applications/Racket v9.3.900/share/pkgs/racket-index/setup/xref.rkt:20:0: get-rendered-doc-directories
   /Applications/Racket v9.3.900/share/pkgs/drracket-core-lib/drracket/private/syncheck/blueboxes-gui.rkt:786:13

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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:** [October 29, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/rhombus-zip-includes-zo-files/4451/2 "2026-10-29T18:42:47Z")

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Oh... it might also be worth mentioning that I did a `-D` (a.k.a. `--no-docs`) install; if I'd done a regular install, it would perhaps have overwritten these files.

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**Author:** ![mflatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/mflatt/32/6_2.png) [@mflatt](https://racket.discourse.group/u/mflatt)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/rhombus-zip-includes-zo-files/4451/3 "2026-10-29T20:15:02Z")

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Yes --- the Rhombus release catalog serves machine-independent compiled  
files for the current Racket release (and a handful of other recent  
releases via the Racket version supplied in a catalog request).

I expect that `raco pkg install` with a different version will detect  
that things need to be compiled and do so, and it seems to work right  
when I download a pre-release and `raco pkg install -i rhombus-lib`.  
Did you install in a different way?

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**Author:** ![mflatt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/mflatt/32/6_2.png) [@mflatt](https://racket.discourse.group/u/mflatt)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/rhombus-zip-includes-zo-files/4451/4 "2026-10-29T20:17:33Z")

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Sorry — I missed the follow-up here. Yes, `-D` prevents the recompile that is intended with the current Rhombus release-catalog setup.