[mcclim-devel] Errors installing McClim

[Stas Boukarev]

Oliver Uvman <oliver.uvman at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello!
>
> I'm trying to follow the guide on
> http://mcclim.cliki.net/McCLIM%2BSBCL for installing McClim, but when
> I do (asdf-install:install :mcclim) I get an error, which I tried to
> accept and continue the install from, but the errors just keep coming
> after that so I thought I'd ask. The error I'm getting is:
>
> ; compilation aborted because of fatal error:
> ;   SB-INT:SIMPLE-READER-PACKAGE-ERROR at 5151 (line 128, column 45)
> on #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM
> ;
>    for "file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/swank-loader.lisp"
> ;
>    {BF565E1}>:
> ;     package "CLC" not found
> ;
> ; compilation aborted after 0:00:00.063
>
>
> debugger invoked on a TYPE-ERROR in thread #<THREAD "initial thread" RUNNING
>                                              {A9F5811}>:
>   The value NIL
>   is not of type
>     (OR (VECTOR CHARACTER) (VECTOR NIL) BASE-STRING PATHNAME STREAM).
>
>
> I tried (asdf-install:install :clc) but there doesn't seem to be a
> package with that name. I know it stands for common-lisp-controller,
> and I have it apt-getted on my system (Ubuntu Lucid x86). Anybody know
> what the problem is?
>
Actually, you need to uninstall CLC, or more specifically, uninstall
Slime from apt-get and install it manually from CVS:
apt-get --purge remove slime cl-swank (or dpkg --purge slime cl-swank)

-- 
With Best Regards, Stas.