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  1. Copyright 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 Free Software Foundation,
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  4. This file is part of the GNU MP Library.
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  6. The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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  7. it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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  8. the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
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  9. option) any later version.
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  11. The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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  12. WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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  13. or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
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  14. License for more details.
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  16. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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  17. along with the GNU MP Library.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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  23.                           INSTALLING GNU MP
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  27. These instructions are only for the impatient.  Others should read the install
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  28. instructions in gmp.info.  Use
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  30. 	info -f doc/gmp.info
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  32. from the gmp source directory.
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  34. Here are some brief instructions on how to install GMP.  First you need to
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  35. compile.  Since you're impatient, try this
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  37. 	./configure
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  38. 	make
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  39. 	make check		<= VERY IMPORTANT!!
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  41. If that fails, or you care about the performance of GMP, you need to read the
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  42. full instructions in the chapter "Installing GMP" in the manual.
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  44. You should not skip the "make check" part; the risk that the GMP sources are
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  45. miscompiled are unfortunately quite high.  And if they indeed are, "make check"
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  46. is very likely to trigger the compiler-introduced bug.
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  48. Optionally, you can install the library with the following command.  This will
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  49. be to /usr/local by default, and you'll probably need to be "root" to be able
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  50. to write there.
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  52. 	make install
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  54. To create the printable documentation from the texinfo source, type "make
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  55. gmp.dvi" or "make gmp.ps".  This requires various "tex" commands.
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  57. If you are new to GMP, it is a good idea you at least read the chapter "GMP
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  58. Basics" in the manual.
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  60. Some known build problems are noted in the "Installing GMP" chapter of
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  61. the manual.  Please report other problems to gmp-bugs@gmplib.org.
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  63. The GMP web site is located here: http://gmplib.org/.
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