SBCL installation in linux

Question

How to install sbcl in os linux for a freshman of lisp.

I found just use the command sh install.sh the error info is: src/runtime/sbcl not found, aborting installation

Solution 1

If you are using the Debian or Ubuntu distributions, you can install SBCL from their repositories: just type sudo apt-get install sbcl.

Solution 2

What flavor of linux?

If you use a popular distribution, e.g., debian, ubuntu, fedora, &c, then sbcl comes prepackaged: aptitude install sbcl or yum install sbcl.

Solution 3

in file which include to archive with sources and named INSTALL we see next text:

end of section 2.1

... Now you should have the same src/runtime/sbcl and output/sbcl.core files that come with the binary distribution, and you can install them as described in the section 1. "BINARY DISTRIBUTION".

the way for you are next:

1. download sbcl sources using any convenient way for you.

2. run shell terminal (may be window) and go to the sources archive path

   $ cd /path/to/sbcl-sources.tar.bz2
   $ tar -xjvf sbcl*.tar.bz2
   $ cd sbcl [TAB COMPLETE AND ENTER]
   $ emacs INSTALL

now you will see INSTALL file, which contains installation notes. As we will see in 2.1 section

To build SBCL you need a working toolchain and a Common Lisp system (see section 2.5 "Supported platforms"). You also need approximately 128 Mb of free RAM+swap.

To build SBCL using alredy installed SBCL run

$sh make.sh # may be need execute rights. run 'chmod +x make.sh' and try again

and go next according instruction.

If you don't have existing sbcl instruction said next:

If you don't already have an SBCL binary installed as "sbcl" on your system, you'll need to tell make.sh what Lisp to use as the cross-compilation host. For example, to use CMUCL (assuming has been installed under its default name "lisp") as the cross-compilation host:

$ sh make.sh --xc-host='lisp -batch -noinit'

assuming supported lisp platforms see 2.5 section. Generally, if you attentively read INSTALL file you will able to do it easy and quickly. Have fun and happy new year.

Solution 4

install the binary first http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbcl/files/sbcl/1.2.7/sbcl-1.2.7

then install the latest version http://sourceforge.net/projects/sbcl/files/sbcl/1.2.16/sbcl-1.2.16-source.tar.bz2/download?use_mirror=iweb&download=

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Comments

[Red Lv]

RedHat Linux. The apt and yum command has been forbidden in the os. So the only way to install is to download the source or the binary to install.