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* Include gmp in the uses clause of a program/unit source from which you will use the GMP types/functions. | * Include gmp in the uses clause of a program/unit source from which you will use the GMP types/functions. | ||
* Have the gmp library installed on your system | * Have the gmp library installed on your system | ||
| − | ** Most, if not all, *nix systems have GMP (libgmp) installed by default. | + | ** Most, if not all, *nix systems have GMP (libgmp) installed by default but it is still necessary to have the dev package (libgmpX-dev) installed also (needed in the link stage). This package is not included by default everywhere (eg. Ubuntu). |
** On Windows, you can get the [http://cs.nyu.edu/exact/core/gmp/ mingw-dynamic package] and rename it to gmp.dll. | ** On Windows, you can get the [http://cs.nyu.edu/exact/core/gmp/ mingw-dynamic package] and rename it to gmp.dll. | ||
* Have the necessary knowledge of the [http://gmplib.org/#DOC GMP documentation]. | * Have the necessary knowledge of the [http://gmplib.org/#DOC GMP documentation]. | ||
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The current /trunk FPC version (2.5.1) and the /branches/fixes_2_4 (the upcoming 2.4 release) already include an initial version of a Free Pascal interface for the GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library in packages/gmp.
To use the bindings in your projects (and be able to build them) you have to:
- Include gmp in the uses clause of a program/unit source from which you will use the GMP types/functions.
- Have the gmp library installed on your system
- Most, if not all, *nix systems have GMP (libgmp) installed by default but it is still necessary to have the dev package (libgmpX-dev) installed also (needed in the link stage). This package is not included by default everywhere (eg. Ubuntu).
- On Windows, you can get the mingw-dynamic package and rename it to gmp.dll.
- Have the necessary knowledge of the GMP documentation.
