1Copyright 1996, 1997, 1999-2002, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 2 3This file is part of the GNU MP Library. 4 5The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 6it under the terms of either: 7 8 * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free 9 Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your 10 option) any later version. 11 12or 13 14 * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software 15 Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any 16 later version. 17 18or both in parallel, as here. 19 20The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 21WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 22or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License 23for more details. 24 25You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and the 26GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU MP Library. If not, 27see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/. 28 29 30 31 32 33 INSTALLING GNU MP 34 ================= 35 36 37These instructions are only for the impatient. Others should read the install 38instructions in gmp.info. Use 39 40 info -f doc/gmp.info 41 42from the gmp source directory. 43 44Here are some brief instructions on how to install GMP. First you need to 45compile. Since you're impatient, try this 46 47 ./configure 48 make 49 make check <= VERY IMPORTANT!! 50 51If that fails, or you care about the performance of GMP, you need to read the 52full instructions in the chapter "Installing GMP" in the manual. 53 54You should not skip the "make check" part; the risk that the GMP sources are 55miscompiled are unfortunately quite high. And if they indeed are, "make check" 56is very likely to trigger the compiler-introduced bug. 57 58Optionally, you can install the library with the following command. This will 59be to /usr/local by default, and you'll probably need to be "root" to be able 60to write there. 61 62 make install 63 64To create the printable documentation from the texinfo source, type "make 65gmp.dvi" or "make gmp.ps". This requires various "tex" commands. 66 67If you are new to GMP, it is a good idea you at least read the chapter "GMP 68Basics" in the manual. 69 70Some known build problems are noted in the "Installing GMP" chapter of 71the manual. Please report other problems to gmp-bugs@gmplib.org. 72 73The GMP web site is located here: https://gmplib.org/. 74 75 76---------------- 77Local variables: 78mode: text 79fill-column: 78 80End: 81