MPFR

Download Source:	http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-2.4.1/mpfr-2.4.1.tar.bz2
Download Patch:	http://svn.cross-lfs.org/svn/repos/patches/mpfr/mpfr-2.4.1-cumulative_patch-1.patch

Introduction to MPFR

The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with exact rounding (also called correct rounding).

Dependencies

Required

• GMP >= 4.1.0

Non-Multilib

Apply the cumulative patch from the MPFR Organization:

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

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared &&
make

Install the package:

make install

Multilib

32Bit

Apply the cumulative patch from the MPFR Organization:

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

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --enable-shared &&
make

Install the package:

make install

N32

Apply the cumulative patch from the MPFR Organization:

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

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --libdir=/usr/lib32 --enable-shared &&
make

Install the package:

make install

64Bit

Apply the cumulative patch from the MPFR Organization:

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

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --libdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-shared &&
make

Install the package:

make install

Documentation

Create the directory that the documentation will be installed into:

install -d -v -m755 /usr/share/doc/mpfr-2.4.1

DVI

make dvi &&
install -v -m644 mpfr.dvi /usr/share/doc/mpfr-2.4.1

PS

make mpfr.ps && 
install -v -m644 mpfr.ps /usr/share/doc/mpfr-2.4.1

PDF

make pdf && 
install -v -m644 mpfr.pdf /usr/share/doc/mpfr-2.4.1

Contents

• Installed Libraries: libmpfr.{la,a}