Re: how to install a Fortran compiler on NetBSD?

[Adam Russell <ac.russell%live.com@localhost>]

nia wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 10:12:18PM -0400, Adam Russell wrote:
> > There doesn't seem to be a fortran compiler available in pkgsrc? I saw
> > some mentions of gfortran but that must be out of date information as I
> > cannot find it. I understand, of course, that gfortran is part of the
> > gcc suite but that doesn't help me as I cannot seem to grasp how to
> > specify it should be installed.
> >
> > How do you get a fortran compiler on NetBSD?
>
> If you install gcc7 from pkgsrc, it will install gfortran to
> ${PREFIX}/gcc7/bin/gfortran. Make sure gccX/bin is in your $PATH.

Ah! Thanks for the tip. Yes, apparently /usr/pkg/gcc7/bin/ is not in the 
$PATH by default. I see the gfortran binary now.