Quicklisp is a library manager for Common Lisp
Quicklisp is a library manager for Common Lisp written by Zach Beane.
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Questions tagged [quicklisp]
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How to use quicklisp when CL program is invoked as a shell script?
I am currently have a small program in Common Lisp, which I want to run as a shell script. I am using the SBCL and perfectly fine with this so will prefer to stay on this platform. :)
I am aware about the --script option and it works flawlessly…
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How to properly save Common Lisp image using SBCL?
If I want to create a Lisp-image of my program, how do I do it properly? Are there any prerequisites? And doesn't it play nicely with QUICKLISP?
Right now, if I start SBCL (with just QUICKLISP pre-loaded) and save the image:
(save-lisp-and-die…
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Confused about ``ql:quickload`` and executable scripts in SBCL
I've been trying to use Quicklisp packages in an executable script of mine. A (trivial) working example is:
#!/usr/bin/sbcl --script
(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
(ql:quickload "lisp-unit")) ;as explained by another…
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How to use packages installed by quicklisp?
I've installed the CL-PNG package using quicklisp.
(ql:quicklisp 'png)
Now I want to define my own package which depends on the CL-PNG package. Like so:
(defpackage :FOO
(:use :CL :PNG)
(:export :BAR))
When compiling it I get this error:
The…
Jan Deinhard
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Suppress "loading" output in Quicklisp
Is there a way to have quicklisp load a library without sending:
To load "drakma":
Load 1 ASDF system:
drakma
; Loading "drakma"
To standard out? I've tried adding :verbose nil and :explain nil to the arguments of ql:quickload (which is how…
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Are there easy way of installing Lisp library such as ruby gem (Ruby) or easy_install (Python)?
I find easy_install extremely useful for programming with Python, and the same as rubygem with Ruby.
Does Lisp have similar feature? I understand that there are many Lisp implementations (clisp, sbcl, clozure cl ...), but I just wanted to know what…
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How to add a local project to asdf configured by quicklisp
I want to add a local project to the known projects by asdf, but due to the fact that asdf was installed and configured by quicklisp and the *central-registry* points to "#P/home/user/quicklisp/quicklisp/", which contains .lisp files. I do not know…
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How to use buildapp in combination with quicklisp
I want to use buildapp to make the curl-lisp executable given as an example:
buildapp --output lisp-curl --asdf-path ~/src/clbuild/systems/ \
--load-system drakma \
--eval '(defun main (args) (write-string (drakma:http-request (second…
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Where should a Quicklisp QUICKLOAD go in my source? Nowhere?
Let's say I build an application on top of net.aserve and bordeaux-threads. My package declaration might look like this:
(defpackage :my-package
(:use :cl :net.aserve :bordeaux-threads)
(:export …))
I use Quicklisp, so I run (ql:quickload…
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Proper way of defining packages using asdf:defsystem and quickproject
I'm a Lisp beginner trying to understand how to properly use Lisp package system while learning LTK for GUI programming, using SBCL 1.0.55.0.debian and Limp 0.3.4 (and Debian Wheezy if that matters). I have installed ASDF using aptitude package…
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Is there a way to get the CLISP compiled with dynamic FFI support on Mac OS?
I use clisp 2.48 (2009-07-28) on Mac OS X 10.6.4. I downloaded the clisp with 'sudo port install clisp'.
After installing quick lisp, I installed some packages, and most of them are OK.
However, when I tried to install "sqlite", I got the following…
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How to configure quicklisp for offline use?
I'm about to go on a long trip to remote places with no internet access, and I want to get some lisp programming done. I thought it might be wise to
download the entire quicklisp archive including all its dependencies
configure quicklisp itself to…
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How do I manage common lisp dependencies?
What's the lisp equivalent of a pip requirement file, ruby gemfile, node package.json, etc? I'm not entirely sure how asdf and quicklisp relate if those are the proper things to use.
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loading quicklisp in a program
What's the correct way to load quicklisp at the start of my program? I'm currently copy/pasting in the block that quicklisp inserted into my .eclrc, e.g.
;;; quicklisp
(let ((quicklisp-init (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp"
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Why does Quicklisp fail to load log4cl on MacOS
On MacOS: When I try to load log4cl I get a compile error:
CL-USER> (ql:quickload "log4cl")
To load "log4cl":
Load 1 ASDF system:
log4cl
; Loading "log4cl"
.
;
; caught ERROR:
; READ error during COMPILE-FILE:
;
; Lock on package…
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