I see the problem. This page
  http://sbcl.org/platform-table.html
Should prominently mention the fact that boxes in the table are clickable and cause download.

On Mon 2012-09-17, at 08:43 PM, Paul Khuong <email address hidden> wrote:

> SBCL needs a Common Lisp to bootstrap; usually, it's bootstrapped with
> an older SBCL. If you just want to install SBCL, download a binary from
> sbcl.org and install from that. If you want to build SBCL, download a
> binary from sbcl.org, install it, and then build from source.
> 
> ** Changed in: sbcl
>       Status: New => Invalid
> 
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1052290
> 
> Title:
>  Getting started on Mac OS X doesn't
> 
> Status in Steel Bank Common Lisp:
>  Invalid
> 
> Bug description:
>  Followed instructions in INSTALL, I believe, but can't get anywhere.
>  Here's what happens.
> 
> 
>  Mon 20:11:10 ip2 yost /Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58
>  0 235 Z% sh install.sh 
>  src/runtime/sbcl not found, aborting installation.
>  Mon 20:11:41 ip2 yost /Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58
>  1 236 Z% sh run-sbcl.sh 
>  No built SBCL here (/Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58): run 'sh make.sh' first!
>  Mon 20:11:59 ip2 yost /Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58
>  1 237 Z% sh make.sh
>  rm -f *~ *.bak *.orig \#*\# .\#* texput.log *.fasl
>  rm -rf sbcl asdf "docstrings/"
>  rm -f  sbcl.html asdf.html
>  rm -f contrib-docs.texi-temp
>  rm -f package-locks.texi-temp
>  rm -f variables.texinfo
>  rm -f sbcl.ps asdf.ps sbcl.pdf asdf.pdf html-stamp tempfiles-stamp
>  rm -f asdf.aux asdf.cp asdf.cps asdf.fn asdf.fns asdf.ky asdf.log asdf.pg asdf.toc asdf.tp asdf.tps asdf.vr asdf.vrs sbcl.aux sbcl.cp sbcl.cps sbcl.fn sbcl.fns sbcl.ky sbcl.log sbcl.pg sbcl.toc sbcl.tp sbcl.tps sbcl.vr sbcl.vrs 
>  rm -f sbcl.info sbcl.info-* asdf.info
>  //entering make-config.sh
>  //ensuring the existence of output/ directory
>  //guessing default target CPU architecture from host architecture
>  //setting up CPU-architecture-dependent information
>  sbcl_arch="x86-64"
>  //initializing /Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58/local-target-features.lisp-expr
>  //setting up OS-dependent information
>  gcc -g -Wall -O2 -fdollars-in-identifiers -mmacosx-version-min=10.4 -arch x86_64 -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pagezero_size 0x100000 -I../src/runtime   determine-endianness.c  -lSystem -lc -ldl -o determine-endianness
>  //finishing /Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58/local-target-features.lisp-expr
>  //Starting build: Mon Sep 17 20:12:06 PDT 2012
>  //Options: --prefix='/usr/local' --xc-host='sbcl --disable-debugger --no-userinit --no-sysinit'
>  /in canonicalize-whitespace-1
>  /$*=./local-target-features.lisp-expr ./src/runtime/target-arch-os.h ./src/runtime/target-arch.h ./src/runtime/target-lispregs.h ./src/runtime/target-os.h
>  /$scratchfilename=/tmp/canonicalize-whitespace-1.34146.tmp
>  //entering make-host-1.sh
>  //building cross-compiler, and doing first genesis
>  make-host-1.sh: line 34: sbcl: command not found
>  Mon 20:12:06 ip2 yost /Users/yost/p/lisp/sbcl/sbcl-1.0.58
>  1 238 Z%
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