ros-install - Install lisp implementations or quicklisp system
a name specifying a system.
a name specifying a lisp implementation.
When the impl
or system
matches to one of the supported implementations, it fetches, downloads and installs it to one of the internal directory managed by roswell (~/.roswell, or ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR
). In order to use the installed implementation, you have to run ros-use(1).
For example, the following command downloads the latest sbcl binary from sbcl.org. Note that this may be different from the default binary installed by roswell, called sbcl-bin
. sbcl-bin
is a stable and well-tested version of the sbcl binary which is supposed to be a little older than the latest sbcl.
$ ros install sbcl
When invoked without a name, it prints the list of installable implementations. (Not to be confused with ros list installed
, which shows the implementations already installed.)
Usage: ros install impl [OPTIONS]
For more details on impl specific options, type:
ros help install impl
Candidates impls for installation are:
ecl
sbcl
clisp
ccl-bin
sbcl-bin
The name can be optionally followed by a slash /
and a version of the implementation.
$ ros install sbcl/1.2.14
There might be some hidden implementation that are not listed here — they are in the alpha quality, but try the one you like or watch the website (https://github.com/roswell/roswell).
$ ros install ccl
$ ros install abcl
$ ...
If the specified name does not match any of the implementations, roswell tries to find a quicklisp system of the given name.
$ ros install alexandria
After compiling and loading the system, it funcalls ros:*build-hook*
special variable with no argument, if some function is set during the compilation/load.
When the system comes with a roswell script created by ros-init(1) in the subdirectory roswell
, they are installed into ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR/bin. Setting the path to this directory makes those scripts available from the shell command line.
$ ros install qlot
System 'qlot' found. Loading the system..
Processing build-hook..
Found 1 scripts: qlot
Attempting to install the scripts in roswell/ subdirectory of the system...
/home/user/.roswell/bin/qlot
$ qlot
Usage: qlot [install | update | bundle | exec shell-args..]
sbcl(1), ros(1), ros-list(1), ros-init(1)
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