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| Inc. |
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| This file is part of the GNU MP Library. |
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| The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
| it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by |
| the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your |
| option) any later version. |
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| The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but |
| WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY |
| or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public |
| License for more details. |
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| You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License |
| along with the GNU MP Library. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. |
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| INSTALLING GNU MP |
| ================= |
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| These instructions are only for the impatient. Others should read the install |
| instructions in gmp.info. Use |
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| info -f ./gmp.info |
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| or in emacs |
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| C-u C-h i gmp.info |
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| Here are some brief instructions on how to install GMP. First you need to |
| compile. Since you're impatient, try this |
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| ./configure |
| make |
| make check <= VERY IMPORTANT!! |
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| If that fails, or you care about the performance of GMP, you need to read the |
| full instructions in the chapter "Installing GMP" in the manual. |
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| You should not skip the "make check" part; the risk that the GMP sources are |
| miscompiled are unfortunately quite high. And if they indeed are, "make check" |
| is very likely to trigger the compiler-introduced bug. |
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| Optionally, you can install the library with the following command. This will |
| be to /usr/local by default, and you'll probably need to be "root" to be able |
| to write there. |
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| make install |
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| To create the printable documentation from the texinfo source, type "make |
| gmp.dvi" or "make gmp.ps". This requires various "tex" commands. |
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| If you are new to GMP, it is a good idea you at least read the chapter "GMP |
| Basics" in the manual. |
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| Some known build problems are noted in the "Installing GMP" chapter of |
| the manual. Please report other problems to gmp-bugs@gmplib.org. |
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| The GMP web site is located here: http://gmplib.org/. |
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