Steel Bank Common Lisp

On 26 Mar 2008 14:32:04 +0100, Martin Rubey <martin.rubey@...> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
>  I wanted to try the statistical profiler within axiom/fricas (compiled with
>  sbcl, of course), but failed.  My sbcl is 1.0.6 on kubuntu gutsy.
>
>  The strange thing is, it works if I just start sbcl, but does not from within
>  axiom/fricas, I get:
>
>  (1) -> )lisp (require :sb-sprof)
>
>    >> System error:
>    Don't know how to REQUIRE SB-SPROF.
>  See also:
>   The SBCL Manual, Variable SB-EXT:*MODULE-PROVIDER-FUNCTIONS*
>   The SBCL Manual, Function REQUIRE
>
>  Any ideas?

To find contrib modules, SBCL_HOME needs to be set to /usr/local/lib/sbcl
(or where ever SBCL was installed.) If it is not set, SBCL uses the location
of the core file as the default. If Axiom uses a custom core, the default
will be wrong.

Cheers,

 -- Nikodemus

"Nikodemus Siivola" <nikodemus@...> writes:

> To find contrib modules, SBCL_HOME needs to be set to /usr/local/lib/sbcl
> (or where ever SBCL was installed.) If it is not set, SBCL uses the location
> of the core file as the default. If Axiom uses a custom core, the default
> will be wrong.

Many thanks, that was indeed the reason!

Martin