This file discribes how to install Gforth from a binary distribution (i.e., a distribution, where the package file name contains a machine/OS name). Installation is quite simple: Type make install and you are set. You can make test make bench first, to make sure that the binary works. If you want to know more: A binary distribution contains all the files of the source distribution, and a few more, in particular the executable `gforth'. The configuration options we used for creating it can be seen in config.status. Basically, we use the default; among other things, this means installation in the /usr/local hierarchy; if this does not suit you, "make distclean" and continue by reading INSTALL. The only deviation from the default is with respect to options like --enable-force-reg, which by default are not used, because they don't work with all versions of gcc; we use them, if they work with the compiler we use. We try to give you good performance, but two compatible machines may require different options for best performance (e.g., --enable-direct-threading is good for the 486, and bad for the Pentium).