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If your implementation doesn’t include ASDF, if for some reason the upgrade somehow fails, does not or cannot apply to your case, you will have to install the file asdf.lisp somewhere and load it with:
(load "/path/to/your/installed/asdf.lisp")
The single file asdf.lisp is all you normally need to use ASDF.
You can extract this file from latest release tarball on the ASDF website. If you are daring and willing to report bugs, you can get the latest and greatest version of ASDF from its git repository. See Getting the latest version.
For maximum convenience you might want to have ASDF loaded whenever you start your Lisp implementation, for example by loading it from the startup script or dumping a custom core — check your Lisp implementation’s manual for details.