1: You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.
2:
3: First, type
4:
5: ./configure
6:
7: configure has the following useful parameters:
8: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
9: [default: /usr/local]
10: --exec-prefix=PREFIX install architecture-dependent files in PREFIX
11: [default: same as prefix]
12: --enable-force-reg Use explicit register declarations if they appear in
13: the machine.h file. This can cause a good speedup,
14: but also incorrect code with some gcc versions on
15: some processors (default disabled).
16: --enable-direct-threaded Force direct threading. This may not work on
17: some machines and may cause slowdown on others.
18: (default processor-dependent)
19: --enable-indirect-threaded Force indirect threading. This can cause a
20: slowdown on some machines.
21: (default processor-dependent)
22: --with-debug specifies option -g to compile with debug info (default)
23: --without-debug omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on
24: machines where strip has problems with gcc style
25: debugging informations.
26: --help: tells you about other parameters.
27:
28: If you don't like the defaults for the installation directories, you
29: should override them already during configure. E.g., if you want to
30: install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default /usr/local
31: hierarchy, say
32:
33: ./configure --prefix=/gnu
34:
35: Moreover, if your GCC is not called gcc (but, e.g., gcc-2.7.1), you
36: should say so during configuration. E.g.:
37:
38: env CC=gcc-2.7.1 ./configure
39:
40: You can also pass additional options to gcc in this way, e.g., if you
41: want to generate an a.out executable under Linux with gcc-2.7.0:
42:
43: env "CC=gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" ./configure
44:
45: After, configuration, type
46:
47: make
48:
49: Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say
50:
51: make test
52:
53: You can run some benchmarks with
54:
55: make bench
56:
57: and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual.
58:
59: If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type
60:
61: make install
62:
63: You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually.
64:
65: For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi
66: fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better
67: printers)), or say
68:
69: make gforth.dvi
70:
71: and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the
72: documentation in HTML format by typing
73:
74: make html
75:
76: If you prefer plain ASCII documentation, just concatenate the files
77: gforth.info-* ('cat gforth.info-*' under Unix).
78:
79: Preloading installation-specific code
80:
81: If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when
82: Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands
83: for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs
84: (if the commands work for all architectures) or
85: /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs (for
86: architecture-specific commands);
87: /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs takes precedence if both
88: files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names
89: given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have
90: to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix.
91:
92: By default, the installation procedure creates an empty
93: /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs if there is no such
94: file.
95:
96: If you change the site-init.fs file, you should run "make install"
97: again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make
98: install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient).
99:
100:
101: Multiple Versions and Deinstallation
102:
103: Several versions of Gforth can be installed and used at the same
104: time. Version `foo' can be invoked with `gforth-foo'. We recommend to
105: keep the old version for some time after a new one has been installed.
106:
107: You can deinstall this version of Gforth with 'make uninstall' and
108: version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION=foo'. 'make uninstall' also
109: tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely.
110:
111:
112: A Possible Problem
113:
114: You need to read this only if you see a message like
115:
116: ...
117: The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file
118:
119: 1) "gforth: Cannot load nonrelocatable image (compiled for address $1234) at address $5678
120: The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file"
121:
122: Gforth supports both relocatable and fixed-address images. If you load
123: normal Forth code and save the image, you get a fixed-address
124: image. Producing a relocatable image is more difficult.
125:
126: Therefore, Gforth has only a relocatable image of the kernel
127: (kernal.fi), which is powerful enough to load the rest of
128: Gforth. However, loading the rest takes a noticable amount of time. To
129: avoid this delay (which would occur on every startup), the
130: installation procedure produces an image fixed at an address
131: determined at the Gforth run that produced the image. This
132: fixed-address image is loaded by default. On most OSs this works,
133: because the first chunk of memory is always allocated at the same
134: address. If the address changes, you get the message above.
135:
136: An image address change can be caused by a change of the gforth
137: executable, or by a change (upgrade) of the OS; in these cases you
138: just have to rebuild and reinstall the fixed address image with
139:
140: rm gforth.fi; make gforth.fi; make install
141:
142: If you get such a message with a different address in place of the
143: $5678 each time you try to start gforth, you cannot use fixed-address
144: images on your OS. In this case, send us a message so that we start
145: searching for a comfortable solution to this problem. In the
146: meantime, start gforth with
147:
148: gforth -i kernal.fi startup.fs
149:
150:
151: 2) "%s: Checksum of image ($13579b) does not match the executable ($2468a)
152: The Gforth installer should look into the INSTALL file"
153:
154: A fixed-address image is not only fixed with respect to its base
155: address, but also with respect to certain addresses in the gforth
156: executable and the threading method. These things are encoded in a
157: checksum.
158:
159: If the checksum of the executable and the checksum of the image are
160: not equal, you get the message above. This can be caused, e.g., by
161: trying to run an image produced for a direct threading system on an
162: indirect threaded system.
163:
164: Chances are that you unintentionally tried to execute an image from
165: the wrong directory. As a remedy, you can determine Gforth's search
166: path with the "-p" command line option and with the GFORTHPATH
167: environment variable.
168:
169: On the other hand, if you need to solve the problem by creating a new
170: fixed-address image, you can use the steps described above.
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