SBCL is a popular Common Lisp implementation.

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Installing

Downloads for varius platforms and operating systems are available in the downloads page. If you’re on Linux, the following will download and install SBCL 1.3.8:

$ curl -O http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sbcl/sbcl/1.3.8/sbcl-1.3.8-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2
$ bunzip2 sbcl-1.3.8-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2
$ tar -xvf sbcl-1.3.8-x86-64-linux-binary.tar
$ cd sbcl-1.3.8-x86-64-linux/
$ sudo bash install.sh

You can verify the signatures using the following:

$ curl -O http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/sbcl/sbcl/1.3.8/sbcl-1.3.8-crhodes.asc
$ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 100D63CD
$ gpg --verify sbcl-1.3.8-crhodes.asc
$ cat sbcl-1.3.8-crhodes.asc
$ sha256sum sbcl-1.3.8-x86-64-linux-binary.tar