slime doesn't work in emacs24

Question

I use emacs24 in archlinux.If i use the slime packages from marmalade.org,then when i use M-x slime the error is:

debugger invoked on a SB-INT:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR in thread
#<THREAD "initial thread" RUNNING {AB007A9}>:
  Couldn't load
  "/home/sinners/.emacs.d/elpa/slime-20100404.1/swank-loader.lisp": file does
  not exist.

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
  0: [ABORT] Exit debugger, returning to top level.

but if i use the slime-cvs packages from the offical site,the error is:

Debugger entered: (("Error in timer" slime-attempt-connection (#<process inferior-lisp> nil 2) (void-variable --cl-accu--)))
  #[257 "\302\303\304\300\301F\"\207" [slime-attempt-connection (#<process inferior-lisp> nil 2) debug nil "Error in timer"] 7 "\n\n(fn DATA)"]((void-variable --cl-accu--))
  funcall(#[257 "\302\303\304\300\301F\"\207" [slime-attempt-connection (#<process inferior-lisp> nil 2) debug nil "Error in timer"] 7 "\n\n(fn DATA)"] (void-variable --cl-accu--))
  slime-timer-call(slime-attempt-connection #<process inferior-lisp> nil 2)
  apply(slime-timer-call (slime-attempt-connection #<process inferior-lisp> nil 2))
  byte-code("r\301\302H\303H\"\210)\301\207" [timer apply 5 6] 4)
  timer-event-handler([t 20271 59188 161536 0.3 slime-timer-call (slime-attempt-connection #<process inferior-lisp> nil 2) nil])

anyone can help me?

Answer 1

Problem with --cl-accu-- variable signs about breakage of emacs cl package in presence of lexical scoping. Try to go to slime.el in your slime distribution, find string ;; lexical-binding: t in the ;; Local Variables: section at the end of the file and change it to ;; lexical-binding: nil. And remove old slime.elc file if you have one.

Answer 2

I had the exact same problem, which was solved by deleting the slime.elc file, that I had compiled earlier using byte-recompile-directory. I didn't try compiling it again.