In article <10hiivm$3ib13$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Krishna Myneni   wrote:   
   >kForth-64 is particularly useful for beginners. It is also quite easy to   
   >build from source under Debian and requires minimal extra packages.   
      
   The FIG-forth idea was to build only using the assembler provided   
   by the micro manufacturer.  That still exists for ciforth,   
   assuming you have a the c-compiler installed under Linux.   
      
   Unpacking:   
   tar ciforth...tgz   
   cd ciforth-...   
   Build:   
   as ci86.lina64.s   
   ld -s -N a.out lina   
      
   >Under Debian the following packages are required:   
   >   
   >   binutils   
   >   gcc   
   >   g++   
   >   make   
   >   libreadline8t64   
   >   libreadline-dev   
      
   Under the FIGForth doctrine no installation of other package   
   is required.   
   Each package is another risk that it fails.   
   My Debian doesn't know about libreadline8t64.   
      
   >   
      
   >You can "sudo apt-get install" those packages.   
   >   
   >The User's Guide provides explicit instructions on building the   
   >executables (kforth64 and kforth64-fast) from source under Linux. These   
   >instructions amount to   
   >   
   >0. unpacking the distribution   
   >1. changing to the src/ directory in the distribution   
   >2. typing "make"   
   >   
   >The steps above are performed after installing required packages.   
   >   
   >You should also set an environment variable, as described in the User's   
   >Guide, to point to a copy of the forth-src directory from the   
   >distribution. This is done in Debian by appending two lines to the   
   >hidden file   
   >   
   >.profile   
   >   
   >in your home directory:   
   >   
   >KFORTH_DIR=$HOME/   
   >export KFORTH_DIR   
   >   
   >After the edit, log out and log back in. Then do   
   >   
   >$ echo $KFORTH_DIR   
   >   
   >which should print the default directory for the forth files. This   
   >allows the executables (kforth64 and kforth64-fast) to find files which   
   >are INCLUDEd in your source.   
   >   
   >The User's Guide also provides a gentle introduction to kForth in   
   >Chapter 2. There are numerous source examples. You may download the   
   >kForth-64 source as a zip file from github or as a .tar.gz file from   
   >ccreweb.org:   
   >   
   >https://github.com/mynenik/kForth-64   
   >https://ccreweb.org/software/kforth/kforth.html   
   >   
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   >Krishna Myneni   
      
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