Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.2

Chapter 9. General Libraries

gsl-2.8

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 12.2 platform.

Package Information

  • Download (HTTP): https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.8.tar.gz

  • Download MD5 sum: 182ec03204f164e67238c9116591a37d

  • Download size: 8.6 MB

  • Estimated disk space required: 223 MB (with tests, without docs)

  • Estimated build time: 1.0 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests, without docs)

Gsl Dependencies

Optional

sphinx_rtd_theme-2.0.0

Installation of Gsl

Install Gsl by running the following commands: 

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

If you have sphinx_rtd_theme-2.0.0 installed, build the documentation with: 

make html

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

If you built the documentation, install it (as root) with: 

mkdir                   /usr/share/doc/gsl-2.8 &&
cp -R doc/_build/html/* /usr/share/doc/gsl-2.8

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 and /usr/share/doc/gsl-2.8

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

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