[slime-devel] Can't load sbcl...

[Carlos Konstanski]

On 05/23/2010 09:19 AM, Olwe Melwasul wrote:
> First post here. I'm a newbie to all things lisp. Hopefully this is the
> place to ask...
> 
> So I'm on Ubuntu 10.04 and I've successfully installed Clisp and SBCL.
> Clisp was apt-getted; SBCL was installed from latest Linuxx86
> "binaries." Both work in terminals. Clisp actually works with Slime, but
> SBCL not. This is what Slime starting with SBCL gives:
> 
> -------------------
> SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty.
> It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under
> BSD-style licenses. �See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the
> distribution for more information.
> *�
> ; loading #P"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/swank-loader.lisp"
> 
> debugger invoked on a SB-C::INPUT-ERROR-IN-COMPILE-FILE in thread #<THREAD
> �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
> �"initial thread" RUNNING
> �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
> �{A9F28C9}>:
> ��READ failure in COMPILE-FILE:
> �� �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"
> �� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
> �{A9FC3D1}>:
> �� � �package "CLC" not found
> 
> Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.
> 
> restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
> ��0: [ABORT] Exit debugger, returning to top level.
> 
> (SB-C::READ-FOR-COMPILE-FILE
> �#<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM
> �� for "file /usr/share/common-lisp/source/slime/swank-loader.lisp"
> {A9FC3D1}>
> �4663)
> 0]
> -------------------------
> 
> Alas, the limbo between hand-installed and apt-get wizardry therein I am
> no doubt lost. Actually, my Emacs (23.1.1), my Slime (1:20090908-1
> according to Synaptic) and Clisp were all apt-got. Can this be sorted
> out? Or must I blitz my hard drive, install NetBSD, Stump, and
> everything Lisp from source?
> 
> Olwe

The very first suggestion is to add this line to your .emacs file:

(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/sbcl")

Change the path to suit.

Carlos