When using SLIME within Emacs: How do I reset the path to swank-loader.lisp?

Question

After removing a distro installed version of SLIME, my MELPA (stable) installed SLIME version still insists on accessing the old system wide swank-loader.lisp.

How do I purge the system and reset the path to swank-loader.lisp

Maybe you’ll have more luck posting this to emacs.se – Dan Robertson Feb 23 '20 at 15:45 — Dan Robertson, Feb 23 '20 at 15:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '20 at 17:58

Based on advise from the #LISP IRC channel (thank you user madrik). The following did in fact solve the problem:

sudo apt purge slime

Merely "removing" SLIME using apt remove slime was not enough, however purging the program did remove the configuration files and solved the problem.

When using SLIME within Emacs: How do I reset the path to swank-loader.lisp?

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