[cl-ppcre-devel] How to use it after installation?

[Robert Uhl]

徐迪 <xudifsd at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What error are you getting?
>>
>> [1]> (require :cl-ppcre)
>
> *** - LOAD: A file with name CL-PPCRE does not exist
> The following restarts are available:
> ABORT          :R1      Abort main loop

Ah-ha!  I bet that CLISP's (require :foo) is just a thin wrapper over
(load "foo.lisp"), instead of being a thin wrapper over (asdf:oos
asdf:'load-op :foo).

> Yes, after i use asdf-install and asdf:load-system, i can use it, still how
> asdf works...

I bet just asdf on its own would have worked.  You could remove the
version you installed and see if it uses the Debian package version
instead.

> Or you could try using Quicklisp:
>>
>>  $ wget http://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp
>>  $ clisp
>>  cluser> (load "quicklisp.lisp")
>>  cluser> (ql:quickload :cl-ppcre
>> )
>>
>  I will have a try, thanks for your response.

Quicklisp is really, really nice.  I have to second Peter's
recommendation.  Where it supports a package, it tends to be very
reliable.

-- 
Robert A. Uhl