There is a prebuilt 32 bit linux binary distribution of a cl-perec
testbed downloadable from: http://common-lisp.net/project/cl-perec/perec-testbed.bz2
Cl-perec is a Database interface Library which provides RDBMS/SQL
based CLOS persistency (ORM) available at http://common-lisp.net/project/cl-perec.
The testbed contains all necessary libraries and cl-perec itself
bundled with SBCL-1.0.12-x86-linux in a standalone executable file.
After downloading and extracting the file you can simply execute the
testbed which will print how to set up PostgreSQL and how to connect
to the testbed via SLIME. This should not take more than a few minutes
even if you don't have PostgreSQL installed.
If you wanted to give a try to cl-perec but gave up due to
difficulties installing all the necessary libraries here is a chance.
There is also some form of generated documentation available at the
web site and some more examples such as http://common-lisp.net/project/cl-perec/shop.html.
Cl-perec and the related cl-rdbms went through numerous enhancments in
the last few months due to our projects including:
- compile time query expansion down to straight SQL (whole or in
parts) leaving the dynamic parts to runtime
- time machine for persistent classes, to set slot values in terms of
timestamps and time intervals
- and more...
Have fun if you like it!
levy