I install slime through ELPA. Here is what my .emacs file looks like:(setq inferior-lisp-program sbcl --noinform)(add-to-list 'load-path ~/slime/) (require 'slime)(slime-setup)(setq package-archives '((gnu . http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/)                         (marmalade . http://marmalade-repo.org/packages/)                         (melpa . http://melpa.milkbox.net/packages/)))I get the following error when I start emacs:Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading  `/home/name/.emacs':File error: Cannot open load file, slimeTo ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the  cause of the error in your initialization file.  Start Emacs with the  `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.When I debug: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (file-error Cannot open load file slime)  require(slime)  eval-buffer(#<buffer  *load*> nil /home/name/.emacs nil t)  ; Reading at buffer position 91  load-with-code-conversion(/home/name/.emacs /home/name/.emacs t t)  load(~/.emacs t t)  #[0 \205\262When I visit ~/.emacs.d/elpa/slime-20130308.1112, slime.el is clearly there. Other people online seem to be having issues too. If I cannot get it to work with emacs24, how can I setup a slime environment for common lisp?
problems using slime on emacs24
emacs;configuration;lisp
I installed emacs 24 using the Debian amd64 package from Damien Cassou's ppa. I had some problems with slime (I don't recall if they were the same as those above). I fixed it by reinstalling quicklisp (http://www.quicklisp.org/), then using it to install slime:(ql:quickload :quicklisp-slime-helper)It works fine with sbcl for me (on two machines). I just looked at my .emacs; I have nothing added to my load-path, just(load (expand-file-name ~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el))(setq inferior-lisp-program sbcl)(require 'slime)(slime-setup '(slime-fancy))