%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> &env-target; <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of MPFR The following patch contains a number of updates to the &mpfr-version; branch by the MPFR developers: patch -Np1 -i ../&mpfr-branch_update-patch; Prepare MPFR for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared \ --build=${CLFS_HOST} --host=${CLFS_TARGET} \ --with-gmp-lib=${CLFS}/usr/lib Compile the package: make Install the package: make DESTDIR=${CLFS} install At this time, libtool does not support searching a sysroot for libraries. Leaving the .la files in place will cause libtool to look in the wrong place for libraries. These files are not required for linking on linux. Remove them with the following command: rm -v ${CLFS}/usr/lib/libmpfr.la Contents of MPFR Installed Libraries libmpfr.[a,so] Short Descriptions libmpfr The Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable Library. libmpfr