6.7. MPFR-2.4.1

The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with correct rounding.

6.7.1. Installation of MPFR

The following patch contains a number of updates to the 2.4.1 branch by the MPFR developers:

patch -Np1 -i ../mpfr-2.4.1-branch_update-1.patch

Prepare MPFR for compilation:

LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,/cross-tools/lib" \
  ./configure --prefix=/cross-tools --enable-shared \
  --with-gmp=/cross-tools

Compile the package:

make

Install the package:

make install

Installed Libraries: libmpfr.[a,so]

libmpfr

The Multiple Precision Floating-Point Reliable Library.