Note that the first part (the one before he types "(quit)") is something you have to do only once - to set up the system itself. Any library in the distribution

Note that the first part (the one before he types "(quit)") is something you have to do only once - to set up the system itself. Any library in the distribution will install as easily as cl-ppcre did. With all the talk about "curses" going on right now, I'm pretty happy we lisp hackers actually have something available that integrates so much high-quality software so well.