Yes, I now see that there are several install-*.sh scripts, INSTALL-FROM-SCRATCH and so on to consider. I originally expected that the usual configure/make was enough. I even didn't read INSTALL.md, a bit sloppy from my part. Thanks for your help. Tom
On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM Bernd Paysan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 7. Oktober 2025, 13:39:08 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb > Tomas Sobota: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to learn Forth. It seems to me that a reasonable option is > > to use gforth. Since the gforth package for my O.S. (Linux Mint 22.2) > > is old, I downloaded the latest available version of gforth (0.7.9) > > and attempted to compile it. > > But I receive a warning saying that I need a swig for forth. I have > > swig, but it has no -forth option. What is more, in the swig site > > there is no mention of forth at all among the available languages. > > So my question is: do I really need swig for forth to compile and use > > gforth? If so, where can I get it? > > The install-swig.sh script in Gforth shows how to get it — just run it. It's > Gerald Wodni's swig fork, and it will install itself as swig-forth, so no > conflict with the system-provided swig. > > -- > Bernd Paysan > "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" > net2o id: kQusJzA;7*?t=uy@X}1GWr!+0qqp_Cn176t4(dQ* > https://net2o.de/
