Installing Common Lisp

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Setting up a Common Lisp environment is not easy—we've written a tutorial to make it easy.

By the time you finish, you will have:

• CLISP - a Common Lisp implementation with tab completion and scripting abilities.
• Emacs - the preferred Lisp text editor.
• SLIME - the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs. 'nuff said.
• Quicklisp - a package system similar to CPAN.

Windows

1. Install CLISP.
2. Ask CLISP where the HOME directory is located: (user-homedir-pathname). In that directory, create an empty text file called .clisprc.lisp.
3. Install Emacs.
4. Download a CVS snapshot of SLIME. Extract SLIME as c:\emacs\slime-2010-11-29.
5. Ask Emacs where the HOME directory is located: Type (insert (getenv "HOME")) and press Control+C Control+E.
6. Create an empty text file in YOUR_HOME\.emacs.d\ called init.el. Modify it to look like this.
7. Install Quicklisp.
8. Modify YOUR_HOME/.clisprc.lisp to look like this.

Mac OS X

1. Install Xcode.
2. Install MacPorts.
3. Install CLISP by entering sudo port install ffcall && sudo port install clisp +dynffi in a terminal.
4. Install Aquamacs.
5. Open Aquamacs, then nagivate to Tools -> Install Command Line Tools.
6. Install Aquamacs SLIME, then modify ~/.emacs so that it looks like this.
7. Install Quicklisp.
8. Modify ~/.clisprc.lisp to look like this.

Linux

1. Run sudo apt-get install clisp emacs slime, or the appropriate install command for your particular Linux flavor.
2. Modify ~/.emacs so that it looks like this.
3. Install Quicklisp.
4. Modify ~/.clisprc.lisp to look like this.

Requirements

• Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 x86/x64
• Mac OS X 10.4+ Intel/PowerPC x86/x64
• Linux x86/x64