abcl command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix abcl command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

abcl: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: abcl: command not found

Solutions to abcl: command not found

How To Fix abcl: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu abcl is provided by abcl package.

abcl is:

Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL) is a conforming implementation of ANSI X3J13 Common Lisp that runs in the Java Virtual Machine. It compiles Lisp code directly to Java byte code for execution.

It also provides the following integration methods for interfacing with Java code and libraries:

  • Lisp code can create Java objects and call their methods;
  • Java code can call Lisp functions and generic functions, either directly or Java Scripting API (JSR-223);
  • it is possible to create Lisp-side implementations of Java interfaces that can be used as listeners for Swing classes and similar.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install abcl

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install abcl.

sudo apt -y install abcl

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install abcl

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix abcl command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.