Does not install with Windows 7 + SBCL + quicklisp + MinGW?

[sb3rg]

I've been trying to get this to load using:

(ql:quickload :cl-glfw3)

and continue to receive the following

To load "cl-glfw3":
Load 1 ASDF system:
cl-glfw3
; Loading "cl-glfw3"
; c:/msys/1.0/bin/gcc.exe -m32 -I/quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/cffi_0.14.0
/ -o C:\Users\sb3rg\AppData\Local\common-lisp\cache\sbcl-1.1.4.0.mswin.1288-90ab
477-win-x86\c\quicklisp\dists\quicklisp\software\cffi_0.14.0\libffi\libffi-win32
.exe C:\Users\sb3rg\AppData\Local\common-lisp\cache\sbcl-1.1.4.0.mswin.1288-90ab
477-win-x86\c\quicklisp\dists\quicklisp\software\cffi_0.14.0\libffi\libffi-win32
.c

debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-ERROR in thread #<THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {23D
A8B69}>: Couldn't fork child process: No error

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:EXIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name):
0: [RETRY ] Retry # on #<GROVEL-FILE "
cffi-libffi" "libffi" "libffi">.
1: [ACCEPT] Continue, treating # on #<
GROVEL-FILE "cffi-libffi" "libffi" "libffi"> as having been successful.
2: [ABORT ] Give up on "cl-glfw3"
3: Exit debugger, returning to top level.

(SB-EXT:RUN-PROGRAM "c:/msys/1.0/bin/gcc.exe" ("-m32" "-I/quicklisp/dists/quickl
isp/software/cffi_0.14.0/" "-o" "C:\Users\sb3rg\AppData\Local\common-lisp
cache\sbcl-1.1.4.0.mswin.1288-90ab477-win-x86\c\quicklisp\dists\quicklisp
software\cffi_0.14.0\libffi\libffi-win32.exe" "C:\Users\sb3rg\AppData\Loc
al\common-lisp\cache\sbcl-1.1.4.0.mswin.1288-90ab477-win-x86\c\quicklisp\d
ists\quicklisp\software\cffi_0.14.0\libffi\libffi-win32.c") :WAIT T :SEARCH
T :INPUT NIL :IF-INPUT-DOES-NOT-EXIST NIL :OUTPUT NIL :IF-OUTPUT-EXISTS :ERROR
:ERROR :OUTPUT :IF-ERROR-EXISTS :ERROR :STATUS-HOOK NIL :EXTERNAL-FORMAT :DEFAUL
T)

Is this a known issue with SBCL?

[AlexCharlton]

Looks like you might not have libffi installed. In any case it seems like you're crashing when trying to load cffi, so cl-glfw3 shouldn't be the issue.

Let me know if you can isolate this to cl-glfw3, though.

[sb3rg]

That's the thing, actually. I do have the latest Libffi installed and everything works with cl-glfw (version 2.6). I cannot, however, get quicklisp to play well with cl-glfw3. I realize this probably has little to do with cl-glfw3, but I'm at my wits end and struggling to feel motivated learning common lisp--not a huge community of support.

Maybe I should just learn clojure... (sorry for the rant)

[AlexCharlton]

I'm afraid I don't use Windows (or Common Lisp much these days, for that matter), but I can suggest a few things. While cl-glfw does use cffi, it doesn't use cffi-libffi, so that is likely the problem. So does (ql:quickload "cffi-libffi") work? If not, the problem is unquestionably with libffi. Making sure your SBCL and Quicklisp are up to date might help in this case.

If you're not digging the CL community (which, I can't fault you for), consider picking up CHICKEN Scheme. It's a elegant language (Scheme) with an implementation that compiles to C, works on almost any platform, has a relatively large collection of pragmatic libraries, and has a great community (#chicken on freenode is very helpful). Plus I maintain the glfw3 package (and many more awesome GL libraries, if I do say so myself) there ;-)