Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.1

Chapter 8. General Libraries

GMP-4.1.4

Introduction to GMP

The GMP package contains math libraries. These have useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic.

Package Information

Installation of GMP

Install GMP by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. Owing to various reports of mis-compilations, the maintainer strongly recommends running the test-suite and report any failures. The libraries should not be used in a production environment if there are problems running make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--enable-cxx: This parameter enables C++ support by building the libgmpxx libraries.

--enable-mpbsd: This parameter enables building the Berkeley MP compatibility (libmp) libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Libraries: libgmp.[so,a], libgmpxx.[so,a] and libmp.[so,a]
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

libgmp.[so,a]

contains functions to operate on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers.

Last updated on 2005-08-09 19:50:01 -0600