%general-entities; ]> GMP-&gmp-version; GMP <para>GMP is a library for arithmetic on arbitrary precision integers, rational numbers, and floating-point numbers.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of GMP Prepare GMP for compilation: CPPFLAGS=-fexceptions CC="gcc -isystem /usr/include" \ CXX="g++ -isystem /usr/include" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,/lib" \ ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-cxx --enable-mpbsd Compile the package: make The test suite for GMP is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance. Test the results: make check Install the package: make install Contents of GMP Installed libraries libgmp.[a,so], libgmpxx.[a,so], libmp.[a,so] Short Descriptions libgmp Contains the definitions for GNU multiple precision functions. libgmp libgmpxx Contains a C++ class wrapper for GMP types. libgmpxx libmp Contains the Berkeley MP compatibility library. libmp