---
name: "ros-setup"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "roswell"
version: "26.10.119-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ros-setup"
---

# ros-setup(1)

ros-setup - setup the backend of roswell

## Synopsis

**ros setup**

## Description

**ros setup** initializes roswell. The process includes the following steps:

- •

  Downloading the default stable lisp implementation (sbcl-bin) to `ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR`.

- •

  Installing quicklisp to `ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR`.

- •

  On Windows, install 7zip to `ROSWELL_INSTALL_DIR`.

- •

  Making the core image of roswell itself.

## SEE ALSO

[*sbcl*(1)](/sbcl/1.md), [*ros*(1)](/ros/1.md), section Environmental Variables

## AUTHORS

Roswell Project Team.