Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.3-1348

Chapter 13. Programming

Clisp-2.49.95

Introduction to Clisp

GNU Clisp is a Common Lisp implementation which includes an interpreter, compiler, debugger, and many extensions.

[Note]

Note

This package has not had a 'stable' release since 2010. The package here was created from the upstream git repository in order to enable it to be built with gcc-15. The most recent commit was May 2025.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.4 platform.

Package Information

Clisp Dependencies

Recommended

libsigsegv-2.15

Optional

libnsl-2.0.1 and libffcall

Installation of Clisp

Install Clisp by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

../configure --srcdir=../  \
             --prefix=/usr \
             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/clisp-2.49.95 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--docdir=/usr/share/doc/clisp-2.49.95: this switch forces the HTML documentation to be installed into a versioned directory.

--with-libffcall-prefix=/usr: use this to tell configure that you have installed the optional libffcall package.

Contents

Installed Programs: clisp and clisp-link
Installed Libraries: various static libraries in /usr/lib/clisp-2.49.95+/base/
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/clisp-2.49.95+, /usr/share/doc/clisp-2.49.95, and /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp

Short Descriptions

clisp

is an ANSI Common Lisp compiler, interpreter, and debugger

clisp-link

is used to link an external module to clisp