6.6. GMP-4.2.4

GMP is a library for arithmetic on arbitrary precision integers, rational numbers, and floating-point numbers.

6.6.1. Installation of GMP

The following patch contains a number of updates to the 4.2.4 branch by the GMP developers:

patch -Np1 -i ../gmp-4.2.4-branch_update-1.patch

Prepare GMP for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/cross-tools \
  --enable-mpbsd

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Installed Libraries: libgmp.[a,so]

libgmp

Contains the definitions for GNU multiple precision functions.