ros-install -

Synopsis  Description  Installing a Lisp Implementation  Installing a quicklisp system and the bundled roswell scripts  SEE ALSO  AUTHORS 

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ros−install − Install lisp implementations or quicklisp system

Synopsis

	•		ros install system [system ...]
	•		ros install impl[/version] [param ...]

Description

	system		a name specifying a system.
	impl		a name specifying a lisp implementation.

Installing 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
$ ...

Installing a quicklisp system and the bundled roswell scripts

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..]

SEE ALSO

sbcl(1), ros(1), ros−list(1), ros−init(1)

AUTHORS

Roswell Project Team.

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