ros-install - Install lisp implementations or quicklisp system

# Synopsis

* **ros install** system [system ...]
* **ros install** impl[/version] [param ...]

# Description

system

  : a name specifying a system.

impl

  : a name specifying a lisp implementation.

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# Installing a Lisp Implementation

When the `impl` or `system`  matches to one of the supported implementations, it fetches, downloads and installs it to one of the internal directory managed by roswell (~/.roswell, or `ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR`). In order to use the installed implementation, you have to run _ros-use(1)_.

For example, the following command downloads the latest sbcl binary from sbcl.org. Note that this may be different from the default binary installed by roswell, called `sbcl-bin`. `sbcl-bin` is a stable and well-tested version of the sbcl binary which is supposed to be a little older than the latest sbcl.

    $ ros install sbcl

When invoked without a name, it prints the list of installable implementations. (Not to be confused with `ros list installed`, which shows the implementations already installed.)

    Usage: ros install impl [OPTIONS]

    For more details on impl specific options, type:
    ros help install impl

    Candidates impls for installation are:
    ecl
    sbcl
    clisp
    ccl-bin
    sbcl-bin

The name can be optionally followed by a slash `/` and a version of the implementation.

    $ ros install sbcl/1.2.14

There might be some _hidden_ implementation that are not listed here --- they are in the alpha quality, but try the one you like or watch the website (https://github.com/roswell/roswell).

    $ ros install ccl
    $ ros install abcl
    $ ...

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# Installing a quicklisp system and the bundled roswell scripts

If the specified name does not match any of the implementations, roswell tries to find a quicklisp system of the given name.

    $ ros install alexandria

After compiling and loading the system, it funcalls `ros:*build-hook*` special variable with no argument, if some function is set during the compilation/load.

When the system comes with a **roswell script** created by _ros-init_(1) in the subdirectory `roswell`, they are installed into **ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR/bin**. Setting the path to this directory makes those scripts available from the shell command line.

    $ ros install qlot
    System 'qlot' found. Loading the system..
    Processing build-hook..
    Found 1 scripts: qlot
    Attempting to install the scripts in roswell/ subdirectory of the system...
    /home/user/.roswell/bin/qlot

    $ qlot
    Usage: qlot [install | update | bundle | exec shell-args..]



# SEE ALSO
_sbcl_(1), _ros_(1), _ros-list_(1), _ros-init_(1)