As far as I can tell, the Homebrew formula just installs libtool, libffi, and pcre as dependencies, then does a configure, make, and make install. So what errors are you running into? The first message in the thread on this list didn't have any specific message..
On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Tony Cappellini <cappy2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Mark. > > I can't currently use Homebrew, since I use Macports for many pkgs on my > system. > From what I've read, using both on the same system can cause problems, so > I've always avoided that. > (I don't want to get into a war about Brew vs Ports either, as they can be > as volatile as the Emacs vs Vim wars) > > I don't know why I didn't think of looking into Macports for a FORTH > compiler last night, I > need to stop installing things so late at night ;-) > The Macports pkg database is offline at the moment, but will take a look > there as well. > > (I'm waiting for Sierra to become more stable before upgrading, but hope > to upgrade in the next few months.) > > Thanks for the heads up! > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have gforth working fine on my Macs - currently macOS Sierra, but it >> worked when I was on Mavericks, too. You should be able to install it via >> Homebrew (http://brew.sh) - after installing brew itself, just run `brew >> install gforth`. >> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:59 AM, <daruf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Tony, I cross posted this over to the Gforth@gnu.org mailing list for >>> you. >>> >>> >>> >>> There are people watching, just not many issues I guess. 😉 >>> >>> >>> >>> DaR >>> >>> >>> >>> *From: *Tony Cappellini <cappy2...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent: *Tuesday, October 25, 2016 12:57 AM >>> *To: *Silicon Valley Forth Interest Group <sv...@zork.net> >>> *Subject: *[svfig] FORTH compiler for OSX- recommendations >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>> I've been lurking on this list for a while, reading bits and pieces. >>> >>> Today, i downloaded the first issue of Byte that talked about FORTH and >>> printed >>> >>> our all of the articles on FORTH. >>> >>> >>> >>> I decided to look for a FORTH compiler for OSX, and start learning the >>> language. >>> >>> >>> >>> It looks like there aren't many compilers for OSX. I decided to go with >>> gForth. >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm running on Mavericks, BTW, >>> >>> After running ./configure in the source distribution, many of the >>> following: >>> >>> >>> >>> "Report this to https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=addbug&group=gforth"; >>> >>> >>> >>> I've posted a bug report on savannah.gnu.org, but there >>> >>> han't been any activity in the FORTH project since before June of 2016. >>> >>> I don't have high hopes of seeing this working soon. >>> >>> >>> >>> Do you have any recommendations for other FORTH compilers for OSX? >>> >>> >>> >>> I can SSH to my Raspberry Pi and install FORTH there too, if I really >>> have to. >>> >>> >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> Tony >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> >> > > -- Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com>
