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1.3 Installation

Installation of the CL package is simple: Just put the byte-compiled files cl.elc, cl-extra.elc, cl-seq.elc, cl-macs.elc, and cl-compat.elc into a directory on your load-path.

There are no special requirements to compile this package: The files do not have to be loaded before they are compiled, nor do they need to be compiled in any particular order.

You may choose to put the files into your main lisp/ directory, replacing the original cl.el file there. Or, you could put them into a directory that comes before lisp/ on your load-path so that the old cl.el is effectively hidden.

Also, format the cl.texinfo file and put the resulting Info files in the info/ directory or another suitable place.

You may instead wish to leave this package’s components all in their own directory, and then add this directory to your load-path and (Emacs 19 only) Info-directory-list. Add the directory to the front of the list so the old CL package and its documentation are hidden.