The command line that you should be using is sbcl --non-interacive --eval "(require :asdf)" --eval "(asdf:load-system :common-lisp-jupyter)" --eval "(clj:install :use-implementation :prefix \"bla\" :system t)" The sbcl should not have quicklisp installed so that the installer knows that this is not a quicklisp install. If the user's sbcl binary is located in a different place then you may need to add :bin-path https://github.com/yitzchak/common-lisp-jupyter/blob/master/README.md#installing-via-quicklispasdf -Tarn Burton/CLJ Author