Best resource for Common Lisp can be found here: https://github.com/norvig/paip-lisp

Emacs

sudo apt-get install emacs

SBCL

Slime

  • create .emacs in your home folder.
  • paste the following to it: 
    (require 'package)
(let* ((no-ssl (and (memq system-type '(windows-nt ms-dos))
                 (not (gnutls-available-p))))
    (proto (if no-ssl "http" "https")))
  ;; Comment/uncomment these two lines to enable/disable MELPA and MELPA Stable as desired
  (add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa" (concat proto "://melpa.org/packages/")) t)
  ;;(add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "melpa-stable" (concat proto "://stable.melpa.org/packages/")) t)
  (when (< emacs-major-version 24)
 ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
 (add-to-list 'package-archives (cons "gnu" (concat proto "://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))))
(package-initialize)
;; Setting lisp system
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/local/bin/sbcl")
(setq slime-contribs '(slime-fancy))
  • then in emacs: 
    M-x package-refresh-contents
M-x package-install RET slime RET

For running and quiting LISP:

start -> M-x slime
stop -> , sayoonara