1: You need gcc version 2.0 or later to compile gforth.
2:
3: First, type
4:
5: ./configure
6:
7: (see Section Configuration Options below for details).
8:
9: After configuration, type
10:
11: make
12:
13: Now you can check whether your shiny new Forth system works. Say
14:
15: make test
16:
17: You can run some benchmarks with
18:
19: make bench
20:
21: and compare them with the results in Benchres and in the manual.
22:
23: If everything is all right, you may want to install gforth. Type
24:
25: make install
26:
27: You have to make an entry in the info directory file manually.
28:
29: For paper documentation, print gforth.ps (a Postscript file (300dpi
30: fonts, i.e., it works, but does not produce best quality on better
31: printers)), or say
32:
33: make gforth.dvi
34:
35: and print the resulting file gforth.dvi. You can also get the
36: documentation in HTML format by typing
37:
38: make html
39:
40: If you prefer plain ASCII documentation, just concatenate the files
41: gforth.info-* ('cat gforth.info-*' under Unix).
42:
43:
44: Configuration Options
45:
46: If you use GNU make, you can build in a directory different from the
47: source directory by changing to the build directory and invoking
48: configure thus:
49:
50: $srcdir/configure
51:
52: where $srcdir is the source directory. (Note that we tested this only
53: for installation; i.e., if you want to hack the Gforth sources, you
54: should probably build in the source directory).
55:
56: configure has the following useful parameters:
57: --prefix=PREFIX install architecture-independent files in PREFIX
58: [default: /usr/local]
59: --exec-prefix=PREFIX install architecture-dependent files in PREFIX
60: [default: same as prefix]
61: --enable-force-reg Use explicit register declarations if they appear in
62: the machine.h file. This can cause a good speedup,
63: but also incorrect code with some gcc versions on
64: some processors (default disabled).
65: --enable-direct-threaded Force direct threading. This may not work on
66: some machines and may cause slowdown on others.
67: (default processor-dependent)
68: --enable-indirect-threaded Force indirect threading. This can cause a
69: slowdown on some machines.
70: (default processor-dependent)
71: --with-debug specifies option -g to compile with debug info (default)
72: --without-debug omits the -g switch and creates smaller images on
73: machines where strip has problems with gcc style
74: debugging informations.
75: --help: tells you about other parameters.
76:
77: The file Benchres shows which combination of the -enable options we
78: tried gave the best results for various machines.
79:
80: If you don't like the defaults for the installation directories, you
81: should override them already during configure. E.g., if you want to
82: install in the /gnu hierarchy instead of in the default /usr/local
83: hierarchy, say
84:
85: ./configure --prefix=/gnu
86:
87: Moreover, if your GCC is not called gcc (but, e.g., gcc-2.7.1), you
88: should say so during configuration. E.g.:
89:
90: env CC=gcc-2.7.1 ./configure
91:
92: You can also pass additional options to gcc in this way, e.g., if you
93: want to generate an a.out executable under Linux with gcc-2.7.0:
94:
95: env "CC=gcc -b i486-linuxaout -V 2.7.0" ./configure
96:
97: You can change the sizes of the various areas used in the default
98: image `gforth.fi' by passing the appropriate Gforth command line
99: options in the FORTHSIZES environment variable:
100:
101: env "FORTHSIZES=--dictionary-size=256k --data-stack-size=16k --fp-stack-size=15872b --return-stack-size=15k --locals-stack-size=14848b" ./configure
102:
103: The line above reaffirms the default sizes. Note that the locals
104: stack area is also used as input buffer stack.
105:
106: If C's "long long" do not work properly on your machine (i.e., if the
107: tests involving double-cell numbers fail), you can build Gforth such
108: that it does not use "long long":
109:
110: env ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=0 ./configure
111:
112:
113: Cross-Configuration
114:
115: A few tests made by the configure script do not work in a
116: cross-compilation situation. You have to provide the results of these
117: tests by hand. E.g., if you compile for a 386 architecture processor:
118:
119: env ac_cv_sizeof_char_p=4 ac_cv_sizeof_short=2 ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 ac_cv_sizeof_long=4 ac_cv_sizeof_long_long=8 ac_cv_c_bigendian=no ./configure
120:
121: The ac_cv_sizeof_... variables give the sizes of various C types;
122: ac_cv_sizeof_char_p is the same as "sizeof(char*)" in C code. The
123: ac_cv_c_bigendian variable gives the byte order.
124:
125:
126: Preloading installation-specific code
127:
128: If you want to have some installation-specific files loaded when
129: Gforth starts (e.g., an assembler for your processor), put commands
130: for loading them into /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs
131: (if the commands work for all architectures) or
132: /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs (for
133: architecture-specific commands);
134: /usr/local/lib/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs takes precedence if both
135: files are present (unless you change the search path). The file names
136: given above are the defaults; if you have changed the prefix, you have
137: to replace "/usr/local" in these names with your prefix.
138:
139: By default, the installation procedure creates an empty
140: /usr/local/share/gforth/site-forth/site-init.fs if there is no such
141: file.
142:
143: If you change the site-init.fs file, you should run "make install"
144: again for the changes to take effect (Actually, the part of "make
145: install" starting with "rm gforth.fi" is sufficient).
146:
147:
148: Multiple Versions and Deinstallation
149:
150: Several versions of Gforth can be installed and used at the same
151: time. Version `foo' can be invoked with `gforth-foo'. We recommend to
152: keep the old version for some time after a new one has been installed.
153:
154: You can deinstall this version of Gforth with 'make uninstall' and
155: version foo with 'make uninstall VERSION=foo'. 'make uninstall' also
156: tells you how to uninstall Gforth completely.
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