Re: [Help-gsl] libgsl.a - Where to get this file?

[Emmanuel Favre-Nicolin]

Le Vendredi 12 Mars 2004 14:39, Dominik Dell a écrit :
> Hello,
> I'd like to use gsl, but I have some installation problems. I use a linux
> system. I have downloaded the include files which should be copied to
> /usr/local/include/gsl, right? If I understand the manual correctly (p.5),
> I need two files called libgsl.a and libgslcblas.a for linking, which have
> to be copied to /usr/local/lib. I have searched the web for these files
> but with little success. Where can I get these files? Or do they have to
> be created in any way?

If you are using a modern linux distribution, precompiled packages should be 
avalaible.
For example with Mandrahe 9.2, the following packages are installed on my 
computer :
$ rpm -qa|grep gsl

libgsl0-1.4-2mdk
libgsl0-devel-1.4-2mdk
gsl-doc-1.4-2mdk
gsl-progs-1.4-2mdk

so that if you do 
# urpmi libgsl0-1.4-2mdk libgsl0-devel-1.4-2mdk gsl-doc-1.4-2mdk 
gsl-progs-1.4-2mdk

you should hae a working gsl installation... and can try examples found in the 
documentation instantaneously!!!

If you run debian then it should be  apt-get install ....



> Sorry, if my questions are a bit silly, but both linux and programming
> with libraries is quite new to me. Actually I want to use gsl, because I
> need the Monte Carlo integration.
> How can I get gsl working on my system?

With Mandrake 9.2 it works like I just said...
With redhat or debian I don't know but it shouldn't be too complicated.


> Thank you
> Dominik
>
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Emmanuel Favre-Nicolin
Centre de Recherche sur les Très Basses Températures,
Polygone CNRS de Grenoble, France.