Unable to use documented method of loading packages
Several packages in the "cl-*" group give instructions such as this (from cl-hyperobject/
Installing hyperobject into your CL implementation that uses
Debian's Common Lisp Controller is easy. Just enter
(clc:require 'hyperobject)
and a precompiled version of hyperobject should be loaded.
-- Kevin M. Rosenberg <email address hidden>, Sun, 2 Aug 2009 04:24:17 -0600
Now, I have SBCL and CLISP (and a few others) installed. Lately I'm trying to use CLISP.
If I try the function above, I get:
(clc:require "cl-asdf")
*** - READ from
#<INPUT CONCATENATED-STREAM #<INPUT STRING-
#<PACKAGE COMMON-
The following restarts are available:
ABORT :R1 Abort main loop
Break 1 [3]>
;;; NOW TRY USING A NAME I PICKED UP IN A DIFFERENT README:
[4]> (clc:clc-require "cl-asdf")
*** - EVAL: undefined function COMMON-
The following restarts are available:
USE-VALUE :R1 Input a value
=================
Also, the common-
<blockquote> -- markup for human understanding!
Common Lisp Implementations::
Implementations should:
- install a script /usr/lib/
commands:
/usr/
This should load /usr/share/
then call
(common-
and then save the resulting image as default for the system for implementations that do
not support a 'dump the current running image as new image' there is a v5 interface. See the
ecl implementation for an example.
- after install call "/usr/sbin/
- before removal call "/usr/sbin/
- should load /etc/lisp-
</blockquote>
However, /usr/lib/
SO, clearly neither the documentation nor the packages themselves appear to be in sync and I really can't figure how to get any of this working without digging into the sources. I will probably do some of that, but doing so won't necessarily make the situation better -- especially if I do it according to my own preferences.
The big question is: HOW CAN I HELP?
I'm a [semi-]retired Civil Serpent Computer Scientist, a competent LISP programmer, and a better-than-average wordsmith with both time and motivation to improve things. Mail me.
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