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How to install and configure Common Lisp for Emacs. (SBCL + Slime + Emacs24)
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In your shell

sudo apt-get install sbcl
curl -O http://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp
sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp

Inside the context of sbcl

(quicklisp-quickstart:install)
(ql:quickload "quicklisp-slime-helper")

Add to .emacs configuration

(load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))
;; Replace "sbcl" with the path to your implementation
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/sbcl")

Enjoy your new Common Lisp REPL!

M-x slime
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ghost commented Aug 25, 2019

Thanks! If you installed sbcl on macOS with brew install sbcl then the path will be /usr/local/bin/sbcl.

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jbejam commented Dec 26, 2022

Thank you very much!

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