The gmp package contains an MP library. This has useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic.
Download (HTTP): http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-4.1.2.tar.bz2
Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-4.1.2.tar.bz2
Download size: 1.6 MB
Estimated Disk space required: 29.0 MB
Estimated build time: 0.86 SBU
Install gmp by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man && make && make install |
--infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man : These switches set the documentation directory to /usr/share instead of /usr.
The gmp package contains libgmp libraries.
libgmp libraries contain the functions to operate on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers.