On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 09:17 -0700, dr43058 wrote:
> How do you get started? Do I need to download something to get started
> with CLOS or CL? Is there a Getting Started page?
>
> Thanks,
> Danny R.
I do something like this to get SBCL and Slime etc. up and running:
http://common-lisp.net/~lnostdal/writings/sbcl.html
This should work for both Debian(#1) and Ubuntu and give you a fairly
minimal setup.
Hm, but maybe using clbuild(#1) makes more sense these days; I've been
installing SBCL etc. this way since 2003 or something, before clbuild
existed.
I do not use the package manager in the distros on purpose for Lisp
software as it seems to create a mess and stuff is always somewhat
out-of-date; at least I've been unable to figure it out. APT is great in
general though, but not for Lisp stuff as far as I can tell.
#1: http://common-lisp.net/project/clbuild/
#2: Emacs23 (with package name `emacs-snapshot') for Debian is available
here: http://emacs.orebokech.com/