Installing GMP (GNU MP 6.2.1)
Description: How to install and use the GNU multiple precision arithmetic library, version 6.2.1.

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## 2 Installing GMP

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

    ./configure
    make

Some self-tests can be run with

    make check

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

    make install

If you experience problems, please report them to gmp-bugs@gmplib.org. See Reporting Bugs, for information on what to include in useful bug reports.