The LispWorks 8.0 installer contains each of the Editions. Additionally, there may be a patch installer which upgrades LispWorks to version 8.0.x. You need to complete the main installation before adding patches.
Users of LispWorks 8.0 Beta should completely uninstall it (including any patches added to the beta installation) before installing LispWorks 8.0.
See 2.6 Uninstalling LispWorks for Macintosh for instructions.
You can install LispWorks 8.0 in the same location as LispWorks 7.1 or previous versions. If you always choose the default install location, a new folder named LispWorks 8.0 (64-bit) will be created alongside the other versions.
The LispWorks installer is a pkg file, with the following name:
LispWorks80-64bit_Installer.pkg (64-bit Lispworks)
LispWorksPersonal80_Installer.pkg (LispWorks Personal Edition)
To install LispWorks, launch this file, which should run the macOS Installer application. If this does not happen, right-click on th file and choose Open With > Installer.
The Introduction page should be displayed. Click Continue to go to the next step.
The Read Me presented next by the installer is a plain text version of this Release Notes and Installation Guide.
Check the license agreement, then click Continue. You will be asked if you agree to the license terms. Click the Agree button only if you accept the terms of the license. If you click Disagree, then the installer will not proceed.
All the files installed with LispWorks are placed in the LispWorks folder, which is named LispWorks 8.0 (64-bit), or LispWorks Personal 8.0 depending on which edition you are installing. The LispWorks folder is placed in the main Applications folder for use by all users.
Note: The Applications folder may display in the Finder with a name localized for your language version of macOS.
The default Standard Install includes the native macOS GUI and the documentation, but you can also customize the install, for examle to select the X11 GUI option.
Different executables and supporting files are supplied for the two GUI options. If you install just one of these and later decide to install the other, you can simply run the installer again.
If you simply want to install LispWorks for the native macOS GUI, and the documentation, click Install.
If you want to use LispWorks with either of the alternative X11 GUIs, click Customize and select the option LispWorks with X11 IDE under Extra items.
The default X11 GUI is GTK+. Motif is also available, but is deprecated. You can select Motif at run time.
Note: to run LispWorks with an X11 GUI, you will need both of these installed:
www.apple.com
.If you use Open Motif, you will also need Imlib2 version 1.4.9 or later.
None of these are required at the time you install LispWorks, however.
The X11 GUIs are not available for the Personal Edition.
If you use the Standard Install the documentation will be installed.
If you do not wish to install the documentation, click Customize and uncheck the LispWorks documentation option under Standard items.
Now click Install.
You will be prompted for an administrator's name and password.
If you are not installing the LispWorks Personal Edition, then enter your serial number and license key when the installer asks for these details.
Your license key will be supplied to you in email from Lisp Support or Lisp Sales.
If you have problems with your LispWorks license key, send it to lisp-keys@lispworks.com, showing the complete output after you enter it, preferably with a screenshot.
The installer adds LispWorks to the Dock.
You should now see a message confirming that installation of LispWorks was successful. Click the Close button.
Note: LispWorks needs to be able find its library at run time and therefore the LispWorks installation should not be moved around piecemeal. If you must move it, move the entire LispWorks installation folder. If you simply want to run LispWorks from somewhere more convenient, then consider adding an alias.
After completing the main installation of LispWorks, ensure you install the latest patches which are available for download at www.lispworks.com/downloads/patch-selection.html
. Patch installation instructions are in the README file accompanying the patch download.
LispWorks does not provide GTK+ libraries, so you need to install third-party libraries, such as:
www.finkproject.org
, or:www.macports.org
.
Note: you need the x11 gtk2 libraries, not GTK-OSX (Quartz).
LispWorks 8.0 for Macintosh on X11/Motif requires Open Motif 2.3 and Imlib2 1.4.9.
The Open Motif library for LispWorks is /usr/local/lib/libXm.4.dylib.
Lisp Support can supply suitable Motif and Imlib2 libraries if you need them.
Note: The Motif GUI is deprecated. A GTK+ GUI is available.
Release Notes and Installation Guide - 01 Dec 2021 19:38:46