Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 9. General Libraries

Gsl-1.16

Introduction to Gsl

The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers. It provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Installation of Gsl

Install Gsl by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &&
make                                       &&
make html

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install                  &&
mkdir /usr/share/doc/gsl-1.16 &&
cp doc/gsl-ref.html/* /usr/share/doc/gsl-1.16

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: gsl-config, gsl-histogram, and gsl-randist.
Installed Libraries: libgslcblas.so and libgsl.so.
Installed Directory: /usr/include/gsl

Short Descriptions

gsl-config

is a shell script to get the version number and compiler flags of the installed Gsl library.

gsl-histogram

is a demonstration program for the GNU Scientific Library that computes a histogram from data taken from stdin.

gsl-randist

is a demonstration program for the GNU Scientific Library that generates random samples from various distributions.

libgslcblas.so

contains functions that implement a C interface to Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms.

libgsl.so.so

contains functions that provide a collection of numerical routines for scientific computing.

Last updated on 2013-09-05 09:23:52 -0700