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GMP-4.1.2

Introduction to GMP

The GMP package contains an math library. This has useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic.

Package information

GMP dependencies

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Installation of GMP

Install GMP by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info  --mandir=/usr/share/man &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man: These switches set the documentation directory to /usr/share instead of /usr.

Contents

The GMP package contains libgmp libraries.

Description

gmp libraries

libgmp libraries contain the functions to operate on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers.

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