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Nightly Windows builds of SBCL

Build and release

The official Windows build of SBCL tends to be a bit outdated. I created this repository for those who need or prefer to use a newer version. Builds are done daily at 01:15 UTC.

N.B. These are not official SBCL builds. Official releases can be obtained from https://www.sbcl.org/platform-table.html.

Installation

Download and run the latest MSI installer. That's it!

Manual installation

  1. Download and extract the ZIP file from the latest release. It should have a name like sbcl-ucrt64-<some numbers and letters>.zip.
  2. Create an environment variable called SBCL_HOME with the value <path to sbcl directory>/lib/sbcl.
  3. Add a new entry to the Path environment variable with the value <path to sbcl directory>/bin.

Running on older Windows versions

These builds of SBCL are linked against the Universal C Runtime (UCRT). This comes included with Windows 10 and later, but might not be present on older Windows versions. If your system does not include UCRT, you should try running Windows Update, as this may install it for you. Otherwise, you can manually download UCRT here. More information is available at Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/universal-crt-deployment.