A Quicklisp Debian package

Kambiz Darabi darabi at m-creations.com
Tue Jul 19 10:19:02 UTC 2011


Hello Sebastian,

Sebastian Tennant <sebyte at smolny.plus.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Debian Lispers,
>
> As you are probably aware, Common Lisp library management got a whole lot
> easier with the introduction of Quicklisp last year.
>
> How about a Debian 'quicklisp' package which:
>
>  1. installs a Lisp if neccessary (or if requested)
>
>  2. goes out and grabs the Quicklisp quickstart file (using wget or similar)
>
>  3. runs the Lisp and evaluate the command to install Quicklisp proper
>     in its usual location (i.e., under ~/quicklisp)

I would really appreciate a quicklisp package for debian.

> Essentially a simple script, the choices I'm thinking of giving the user
> include:
>
>  1. Lisp implementaion
>
>  2. Site-wide installation (or user home directory).

It would be a good idea to have the choice.

> Sebastian -- Emacs' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts Lightweight,
> full-featured and mindful of your idyllic happiness.
> http://home.gna.org/eap

OT: thank you for this hint. Closes a gap in my emacs usage!

Cheers


Kambiz



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