How To Install A New C Library on Linux

First of all sorry for the newbie question, but here we go:

I am trying to install the GMP (GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic) Library on my Ubuntu machine.

I downloaded the .tar.bz2 file, and extracted it. Now I have a folder called gmp-4.3.2 with all the files of the library.

What should I do now to install the library? I know how to use it once it's installed (e.g., #include <gmp.h>).

I tried to read the documentation on the GMP site, but the it only says to use "make install". I am not sure where I should move the folder first, and when to use "make install".

Thanks

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Originally Posted by envec83

I tried to read the documentation on the GMP site, but the it only says to use "make install".

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Do, or do not. There is no try.

Basically, you didn't read the documentation. It says very clearly*:

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GMP has an autoconf/automake/libtool based configuration system. On a Unix-like system a basic build can be done with

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    ./configure
    make

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Some self-tests can be run with

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    make check

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And you can install (under /usr/local by default) with

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    make install

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* Well, not so clearly if you have no clue that this should be done at a command prompt in the source directory, but you didn't ask about that so it seems that you do have the necessary background knowledge.

I did read the documentation as stated in my first post, but I couldn't figure out how to apply that.

I managed to install the library using the Synaptics manager.

Thanks anyway.