--- gforth/INSTALL 1995/10/11 19:39:31 1.10 +++ gforth/INSTALL 1995/11/27 18:37:06 1.14 @@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ First, type ./configure +or better + +CC=gcc ./configure + +or however your gcc is called; because configure needs cc to find out some +parameters, and there may be differences in what is obtained from gcc and +from ghe default cc. + configure has the following useful parameters: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX [default: /usr/local] @@ -48,38 +56,83 @@ Now you can check whether your shiny new make test -To make the documentation, type +You can run some benchmarks with -make -k gforth.info gforth.ps html +make bench -If everything is allright, you may want to install gforth. Type +and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual. + +If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type make install -You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually. Also, -you have to install gforth.ps and html yourself. +You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually. + +For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi +fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better +printers)), or say + +make gforth.dvi + +and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the +documentation in HTML format by typing + +make html + + + Preloading installation-specific code + +If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when +Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands +for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs +(if the commands work for all architectures) or +/usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs (for +architecture-specific commands); +/usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs takes precedence if both +files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names +given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have +to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix. + +By default, the installation procedure creates an empty +/usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs if there is no such +file. + +If you change the site-init.fs file, you should run "make install" +again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make +install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient). + + + Multiple Versions and Deinstallation + +Several versions of Gforth can be installed and used at the same +time. Version `foo' can be invoked with `gforth-foo'. We recommend to +keep the old version for some time after a new one has been installed. + +You can deinstall this version of Gforth with 'make uninstall' and +version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION=foo'. 'make uninstall' also +tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely. -A possible problem: + A Possible Problem You need to read this only if you see a message like "gforth: Cannot load nonrelocatable image (compiled for address 0x1234) at address 0x5678 The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file" -Gforth supports relocatable and fixed-address images. If you load +Gforth supports both relocatable and fixed-address images. If you load normal Forth code and save the image, you get a fixed-address image. Producing a relocatable image is more difficult. -Consequently, Gforth has only a relocatable image of the kernel +Therefore, Gforth has only a relocatable image of the kernel (kernal.fi), which is powerful enough to load the rest of Gforth. However, loading the rest takes a noticable amount of time. To -avoid this delay on every startup,the installation procedure produces -an image fixed at an address determined at the Gforth run that -produced the image. This fixed-address image is loaded by default. On -most OSs this works, because the first chunk of memory is always -allocated at the same address. If the address changes, you get the -message above. +avoid this delay (which would occur on every startup), the +installation procedure produces an image fixed at an address +determined at the Gforth run that produced the image. This +fixed-address image is loaded by default. On most OSs this works, +because the first chunk of memory is always allocated at the same +address. If the address changes, you get the message above. An image address change can be caused by a change of the gforth executable, or by a change (upgrade) of the OS; in these cases you