chapter06/mpfr.xml

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   7
   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-mpfr" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="mpfr.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>mpfr</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&mpfr-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&mpfr-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>MPFR-&mpfr-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-mpfr">
  20     <primary sortas="a-MPFR">MPFR</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The MPFR package contains functions for multiple precision
  27     math.</para>
  28
  29     <segmentedlist>
  30       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  31       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  32
  33       <seglistitem>
  34         <seg>&mpfr-ch6-sbu;</seg>
  35         <seg>&mpfr-ch6-du;</seg>
  36       </seglistitem>
  37     </segmentedlist>
  38
  39   </sect2>
  40
  41   <sect2 role="installation">
  42     <title>Installation of MPFR</title>
  43 <!--
  44     <para>First, apply the following patch to fix various bugs that have been
  45     addressed upstream:</para>
  46
  47 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&mpfr-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen>
  48 -->
  49     <para>Prepare MPFR for compilation:</para>
  50
  51 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr        \
  52             --disable-static     \
  53             --enable-thread-safe \
  54             --docdir=/usr/share/doc/mpfr-&mpfr-version;</userinput></screen>
  55
  56     <para>Compile the package and generate the HTML documentation:</para>
  57
  58 <screen><userinput remap="make">make
  59 make html</userinput></screen>
  60
  61     <important>
  62       <para>The test suite for MPFR in this section is considered critical.
  63       Do not skip it under any circumstances.</para>
  64     </important>
  65
  66     <para>Test the results and ensure that all tests passed:</para>
  67
  68 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
  69
  70     <para>Install the package and its documentation:</para>
  71
  72 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
  73 make install-html</userinput></screen>
  74
  75   </sect2>
  76
  77
  78   <sect2 id="contents-mpfr" role="content">
  79     <title>Contents of MPFR</title>
  80
  81     <segmentedlist>
  82       <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
  83       <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
  84
  85       <seglistitem>
  86         <seg>libmpfr.so</seg>
  87         <seg>/usr/share/doc/mpfr-&mpfr-version;</seg>
  88       </seglistitem>
  89     </segmentedlist>
  90
  91     <variablelist>
  92       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  93       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  94       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  95
  96       <varlistentry id="libmpfr">
  97         <term><filename class="libraryfile">libmpfr</filename></term>
  98         <listitem>
  99           <para>Contains multiple-precision math functions</para>
 100           <indexterm zone="ch-system-mpfr libmpfr">
 101             <primary sortas="c-libmpfr">libmpfr</primary>
 102           </indexterm>
 103         </listitem>
 104       </varlistentry>
 105
 106     </variablelist>
 107
 108   </sect2>
 109
 110 </sect1>