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authorenge <enge@211d60ee-9f03-0410-a15a-8952a2c7a4e4>2011-09-01 11:18:33 +0000
committerenge <enge@211d60ee-9f03-0410-a15a-8952a2c7a4e4>2011-09-01 11:18:33 +0000
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INSTALL: small updates and lots of "GNU"s
git-svn-id: svn://scm.gforge.inria.fr/svn/mpc/trunk@1060 211d60ee-9f03-0410-a15a-8952a2c7a4e4
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,37 +6,43 @@ notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is,
without any warranty.
- Installing MPC
- ==============
+ Installing GNU MPC
+ ==================
-This is for the impatient, for deeper explanations see Installing MPC chapter
-in the Texinfo documentation (type 'info mpc.info').
+This is for the impatient, for deeper explanations see the chapter
+"Installing GNU MPC" in the Texinfo documentation (type 'info mpc.info').
-0. You first need to install GMP and MPFR. See <http://gmplib.org/>
- and <http://www.mpfr.org>.
- MPC requires GMP version 4.3.2 or later and MPFR version 2.4.2 or later.
+0. You first need to install GMP, the GNU Multiprecision Arithmetic Library,
+ see <http://gmplib.org/>, and GNU MPFR, see <http://www.mpfr.org>.
+ GNU MPC requires GMP version 4.3.2 or later
+ and GNU MPFR version 2.4.2 or later.
-1. In the directory of the MPC archive, type
+1. In the directory of the GNU MPC archive, type
tar xzf mpc-1.0.0.tar.gz
cd mpc-1.0.0
./configure
make
- This assumes that GMP and MPFR are installed in a directory searched by
- default by the compiler. Otherwise, use --with-gmp=DIR or --with-mpfr=DIR
- (see the Texinfo documentation).
+ This assumes that GMP and GNU MPFR are installed in a directory searched
+ by default by the compiler. Otherwise, use --with-gmp=DIR or
+ --with-mpfr=DIR with ./configure (see the Texinfo documentation).
-2. You can optionally run the test suit, type
+2. You should run the test suite, type
make check
-3. To install the MPC library, type
+ If any error occurs, please report it on the mailing list
+ <mpc-discuss@lists.gforge.inria.fr>, or file a bug at the bug tracker
+ <https://gforge.inria.fr/tracker/?atid=607&group_id=131&func=browse> .
+
+3. To install the GNU MPC library, type
make install
- By default, the files are copied into /usr/local subdirectories. You
- need write permissions on these directories.
+ By default, the files are copied into subdirectories of /usr/local.
+ You need write permissions on these directories, or pass an alternative
+ installation directory using the --prefix option to ./configure.
4. You can optionally create documentation, type
@@ -56,19 +62,19 @@ In case of difficulties, please send a description of the problem to
Note for AIX users:
===================
-If GMP was built with the 64-bit ABI, before building and testing MPC,
+If GMP was built with the 64-bit ABI, before building and testing GNU MPC,
it might be necessary to set the OBJECT_MODE environment variable to 64
by, e.g.,
export OBJECT_MODE=64
This has been tested with the C compiler IBM XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition
-V8.0 for AIX, version: 08.00.0000.0021, GMP 4.2.4 and MPFR 2.4.1.
+V8.0 for AIX, version: 08.00.0000.0021, GMP 4.2.4 and GNU MPFR 2.4.1.
##############################################################################
Note for Windows users:
=======================
-There is a special file Makefile.vc for Windows, contributed by Mickael
+There is a special file Makefile.vc for Windows, contributed by Mickaƫl
Gastineau. This file works both for the Windows Server 2003 R2 Platform SDK,
and for the Windows SDK of Vista. To use it, simply replace "make" by
"nmake /f makefile.vc" in the above instructions:
@@ -82,10 +88,6 @@ nmake /f makefile.vc GMP=<gmp_install_dir> MPFR=<mpfr_install_dir> clean
check :
nmake /f makefile.vc GMP=<gmp_install_dir> MPFR=<mpfr_install_dir> check
-For any issue related to the makefile.vc file, please contact directly
-Mickael Gastineau at <gastineau at imcce dot fr> (replace 'at' by '@',
-and 'dot' by '.').
-
If you want to compile mpc with mingw in the msys shell, you might need to
add the following to the configure command (or in your environment):