source: general/genlib/gsl.xml@ 96ecf052

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gsl-download-http
    "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gsl/gsl-&gsl-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gsl-download-ftp
    "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gsl/gsl-&gsl-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gsl-md5sum        "d8f70abafd3e9f0bae03c52d1f4e8de5">
  <!ENTITY gsl-size          "3.7 MB">
  <!ENTITY gsl-buildsize     "203 MB (with tests)">
  <!ENTITY gsl-time          "1.5 SBU (with tests)">
]>

<sect1 id="gsl" xreflabel="Gsl-&gsl-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gsl.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Gsl-&gsl-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gsl">
    <primary sortas="a-gsl">Gsl</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Gsl</title>

    <para>
      The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++
      programmers. It provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as
      random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting.
    </para>

    &lfs78_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gsl-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gsl-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &gsl-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &gsl-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gsl-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gsl-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gsl Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="texlive"/> or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Gsl</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>Gsl</application> by running the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;

make &amp;&amp;

make html</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;

mkdir /usr/share/doc/gsl-&gsl-version; &amp;&amp;
cp doc/gsl-ref.html/* /usr/share/doc/gsl-&gsl-version;</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
    href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          gsl-config, gsl-histogram, and gsl-randist
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgslcblas.so and libgsl.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /usr/include/gsl and /usr/share/doc/gsl-&gsl-version;
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gsl-config">
        <term><command>gsl-config</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a shell script to get the version number and compiler flags of
            the installed <application>Gsl</application> library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gsl gsl-config">
            <primary sortas="b-gsl-config">gsl-config</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gsl-histogram">
        <term><command>gsl-histogram</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a demonstration program for the GNU Scientific Library that
            computes a histogram from data taken from stdin.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gsl gsl-histogram">
            <primary sortas="b-gsl-histogram">gsl-histogram</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gsl-randist">
        <term><command>gsl-randist</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a demonstration program for the GNU Scientific Library that
            generates random samples from various distributions.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gsl gsl-randist">
            <primary sortas="b-gsl-randist">gsl-randist</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgslcblas">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgslcblas.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that implement a C interface to Basic Linear
            Algebra Subprograms.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gsl libgslcblas">
            <primary sortas="c-libgslcblas">libgslcblas.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgsl.so">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgsl.so.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions that provide a collection of numerical routines
            for scientific computing.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gsl libgsl.so">
            <primary sortas="c-libgsl.so">libgsl.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>