Copyright 1996, 1997, 1999-2002, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of the GNU MP Library.

The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify

it under the terms of either:

  * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free

    Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your

    option) any later version.

or

  * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software

    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any

    later version.

or both in parallel, as here.

The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but

WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY

or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License

for more details.

You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and the

GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU MP Library.  If not,

see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

                          INSTALLING GNU MP

                          =================

These instructions are only for the impatient.  Others should read the install

instructions in gmp.info.  Use

	info -f doc/gmp.info

from the gmp source directory.

Here are some brief instructions on how to install GMP.  First you need to

compile.  Since you're impatient, try this

	./configure

	make

	make check		<= VERY IMPORTANT!!

If that fails, or you care about the performance of GMP, you need to read the

full instructions in the chapter "Installing GMP" in the manual.

You should not skip the "make check" part; the risk that the GMP sources are

miscompiled are unfortunately quite high.  And if they indeed are, "make check"

is very likely to trigger the compiler-introduced bug.

Optionally, you can install the library with the following command.  This will

be to /usr/local by default, and you'll probably need to be "root" to be able

to write there.

	make install

To create the printable documentation from the texinfo source, type "make

gmp.dvi" or "make gmp.ps".  This requires various "tex" commands.

If you are new to GMP, it is a good idea you at least read the chapter "GMP

Basics" in the manual.

Some known build problems are noted in the "Installing GMP" chapter of

the manual.  Please report other problems to gmp-bugs@gmplib.org.

The GMP web site is located here: https://gmplib.org/.

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