asdf-installing libraries from the command-line

Question

Coming from a Perl background, I have to say I prefer cpan Foo::Bar to the having to start sbcl, (require :asdf-install) and finally (asdf-install:install :foo-bar). Is there anything more convenient than this around?

Answer 1

There is clbuild:

http://common-lisp.net/project/clbuild/

But I add this to my .bashrc:

function asdf_install {
    sbcl --eval "(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op :asdf-install)" --eval "(asdf-install:install :$1)" --eval "(quit)"
}

function asdf_oos {
    rlwrap sbcl --eval "(asdf:operate 'asdf:$2 :$1)"
}

Answer 2

Common Lisp can be verbose; however most (all?) implementations support a Lisp startup file that defines/loads whatever you like to personalize your development environment.

Also, check out Mudballs.