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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-mpdecimal" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="mpdecimal.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>mpdecimal</productname>
<productnumber>&mpdecimal-version;</productnumber>
<address>&mpdecimal-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>mpdecimal-&mpdecimal-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-mpdecimal">
<primary sortas="a-Mpdecimal">mpdecimal</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>
The mpdecimal package contains fast C/C++ libraries for correctly-rounded
arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic.
</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&mpdecimal-fin-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&mpdecimal-fin-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of mpdecimal</title>
<para>Prepare mpdecimal for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
--disable-static \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/mpdecimal-&mpdecimal-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check_local</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-mpdecimal" role="content">
<title>Contents of mpdecimal</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>libmpdec.so and libmpdec++.so</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/doc/mpdecimal-&mpdecimal-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="libmpdec">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmpdec</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic
functions for C programs</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-mpdecimal libmpdec">
<primary sortas="c-libmpdec">libmpdec</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="libmpdecpp">
<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmpdec++</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Contains arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic
functions for C++ programs</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-mpdecimal libmpdecpp">
<primary sortas="c-libmpdecpp">libmpdec++</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>