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Re: Perl, the GMP library, and the Math::BigInt::GMP module
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gp at familiehaase dot de>
- To: pjacklam at online dot no (Peter J. Acklam)
- Cc: "Gerrit @ cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:07:28 +0200
- Subject: Re: Perl, the GMP library, and the Math::BigInt::GMP module
- Organization: Esse keine toten Tiere
- References: <1xtoffbx.fsf@online.no>
- Reply-to: "Gerrit @ cygwin" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Hallo Peter,
Am Mittwoch, 8. Oktober 2003 um 07:50 schriebst du:
> I have installed the latest versions of Perl and the GMP library,
> and want to install the Math::BigInt::GMP Perl module which makes
> use of this GMP library, but I can't make them play together.
> There is a complaint "No library found for -lgmp", but I know the
> library is installed. I can also see the files:
> $ find /usr/lib /usr/local/lib -type f | grep -i gmp
> /usr/lib/libgmp.dll.a
> /usr/lib/libgmp.la
> /usr/lib/w32api/libigmpagnt.a
This ia a problem with MakeMaker. It just looks for .a libraries and
doesn't see the .dll.a import library, I thought it was fixed, which
version of perl are you using?
As a workaround try creating a symlink libgmp.dll.a libgmp.a or create
an empty libgmp.a in /usr/lib.
> Below are the results from my attempt. What am I doing wrong?
> What must I do to get it working?
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Gerrit
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