Common Lisp on CentOS 7

Question

I'm looking for a way to get a working Common Lisp compiler in CentOS 7.

It seems that neither base or EPEL repos contain any of the widely available open-source Lisp compilers. There are bits of info regarding CLISP and SBCL on CentOS 6 but none about any compiler on CentOS 7.

Am I missing something here or has the switch from RHEL6 to RHEL7 completely forgot about CL compilers ?

Answer 1

It's often better to get Common Lisp systems directly than from a distribution's package system. The package system lags behind, and the library model of Common Lisp does not lend itself well to packages.

You can download an SBCL binary from http://www.sbcl.org/

You can get Clozure CL from http://ccl.clozure.com/

Other implementations are available in similar ways, but those two are the best.

Answer 2

I am sure yum install sbcl clisp will work:

$ yum search sbcl
Failed to set locale, defaulting to C
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.mirror.nac.net
 * epel: mirrors.einstein.yu.edu
 * extras: reflector.westga.edu
 * updates: mirror.es.its.nyu.edu
========================================== N/S Matched: sbcl 
maxima-runtime-sbcl.x86_64 : Maxima compiled with SBCL
sbcl.x86_64 : Steel Bank Common Lisp

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