gmp-4.1.2

Introduction to gmp

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Version used:                   4.1.2
Package size:                   1.6 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  19.2 MB

The gmp package contains a MP library. This has useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic.

gmp will utilize: 
readline-4.3.

Installation of gmp

Install gmp by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info &&
make &&
make install

Contents

The gmp package contains libgmp libraries.

Description

gmp libraries

gmp libraries contains the functions to operate on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers.