Non-root users should use the above installation procedure, but must specify the
-p
option to set a prefix a directory that is writable and also the -R option to prevent the package manager from attempting to update the package database.
Thus, a typical installation command for a non-root user is:
pkg_add -p installation-directory -R lispworks-5.1.tgz
All directory names must be absolute pathnames. Relative pathnames and pathnames including shell-expanded characters such as
.
and
~
do not work.