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Chapter 7. Entering Chroot and Building Additional Temporary Tools

7.11. mpdecimal-4.0.1

The mpdecimal package contains fast C/C++ libraries for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 4.3 MB

7.11.1. Installation of mpdecimal

Prepare mpdecimal for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/mpdecimal-4.0.1

Compile the package: 

make

Install the package: 

make install

Details on this package are located in Section 8.53.2, “Contents of mpdecimal.”