%general-entities; ]> MPFR-&mpfr-version; MPFR temporary system <para>The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with correct rounding.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of MPFR The following patch contains updates from upstream: patch -Np1 -i ../&mpfr-cumulative-patch; Prepare MPFR for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared Compile the package: make The test suite for MPFR is considered critical. Do not skip it under any circumstance. Test the results: make check Install the package: make install Contents of MPFR Installed Libraries libmpfr.[a,so] Short Descriptions libmpfr The Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable Library. libmpfr