lfs-book/chapter06/gmp.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-gmp" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="gmp.html"?>

  <sect1info condition="script">
    <productname>gmp</productname>
    <productnumber>&gmp-version;</productnumber>
    <address>&gmp-url;</address>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GMP-&gmp-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-gmp">
    <primary sortas="a-GMP">GMP</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The GMP package contains math libraries. These have useful functions
    for arbitrary precision arithmetic.</para>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>&gmp-ch6-sbu;</seg>
        <seg>&gmp-ch6-du;</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GMP</title>

    <para>Prepare GMP for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>

    <important>
      <para>The test suite for GMP in this section is considered critical.
      Do not skip it under any circumstances.</para>
    </important>

    <para>Test the results:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput remap="install">make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gmp-4.2.2 &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644    doc/{isa_abi_headache,configuration} doc/*.html \
                    /usr/share/doc/gmp-4.2.2</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>


  <sect2 id="contents-gmp" role="content">
    <title>Contents of GMP</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gmp.so</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gmp">
        <term><command>gmp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Contains precision math functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-gmp gmp">
            <primary sortas="c-gmp">gmp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

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