1:31:41drl|3b|, the file ~/.swank.lisp does not exist, but /home/l/quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/slime-v2.24/swank.lisp does exist.
2:03:29drl|3b|, if sbcl is started like this: sbcl --no-sysinit --no-userinit, and then * (load "alexandria") I get "Couldn't load "alexandria": file does not exist."
2:13:04Alfrdrl, unless you have a lisp file called alexandria that's expected.
2:14:43AlfrAnd --no-userinit will also skip the bits that quicklisp set up for, not sure you want this, unless you've manually set up alexandria somewhere.
2:16:55drlAlfr, alexandria has been downloaded by quicklisp, but can't load. I just ran "sbcl --no-sysinit --no-userinit" because |3b| asked me to. Usually I use slime.
2:19:36drl(ql:quickload "alexandria") give this error message: ALEXANDRIA is a nickname for the package ALEXANDRIA.1.0.0
2:19:37drl [Condition of type SB-KERNEL:SIMPLE-PACKAGE-ERROR]
2:25:32Alfrdrl, w/ --no-sysinit --no-userinit; did you try loading the setup.lisp file in the quicklisp directory and then quickloading alexandria?
2:28:14AlfrIf that doesn't work, your sbcl or quicklisp install act strange.
2:35:51drlAlfr, Is this the correct way to load it?: (load '/home/l/quicklisp/quicklisp/setup.lisp)
2:38:53Alfrdrl, I don't think symbols are pathname designators.
12:17:17drlAlfr_, pve, |3b| , Xach, I went through all your advice again step by step. Alexandria now loads, and my program compiles. Thank you! Your help is very much appreciated.