Comments on: How to Install and Run GMP on Windows Using MPIR

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:05:45 +0000

@boredchimp, I'm still using my old build of MPIR -- perhaps you can get help at the mpir-devel group? Sorry.

By: boredchimp

boredchimp — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:24:21 +0000

Trying to compile mpir-3.0.0 using the tutorial here but there isn’t \build.vc10\yasm.rules

What should I do?

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:03:33 +0000

Regarding @Chan's problem: he was building the 32-bit library for a 64-bit system (see his question on stackoverflow.)

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:10:42 +0000

@Chan, Perhaps you can get help at the mpir-devel group. Please let us know if you resolve your issue.

By: Chan

Chan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 03:39:21 +0000

@Rick: Would you mind rebuilding the 2.4.0 version to help me address this issue? Thanks in advance

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:20:56 +0000

@Chan,

I haven’t rebuilt since I wrote this article (March 2010), so I am in fact using the versions of everything as listed.

By: Chan

Chan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 02:16:50 +0000

@Rick Regan: Thanks again for your quick response. It’s kinda odd when the build process failed only on C++. But I really don’t know how were you be able to use the same “exact” set up though. Because the mpir-2.40 that I downloaded doesn’t have the “\mpir-1.3.1\build.vc9\yasm.rules” but “vsyasm.props, vsyasm.targets, and vsyasm.xml”. Anyhow, I’m look forward to seeing your new tutorial on a newer version MPIR 2.40 . And of-course thanks for the link to further help.

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:47:27 +0000

@Chan,

I am still using exactly the setup I describe in this article (MPIR 1.3.1, Visual Studio 2008, etc.) (If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it .) If I ever upgrade I’ll be sure to update my instructions. In the meantime, maybe you can find some help at mpir.org. Thanks and good luck.

By: Chan

Chan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:56:27 +0000

Hi Rick Regan,
First of all, thanks for such a great article. However, I ran into the same problem that Dave encountered. For C version, everything works well. But for C++, I got many `unresolved symbols` problems. Have you tried to build the latest version of MPIR (2.40) in VC++2010? I personally think there are several problems to C++ version of MPIR with VC++2010 specially. Let me know if you can build it successfully. Thank you.

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:44:13 +0000

@Daniel,

I don’t know if (or how) kusha resolved his problem. Maybe if you tell us more about your system and the versions you installed (if different from above) someone can help you.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:19:47 +0000

Hi, I have the same problem as kusha. I tried several combinations of /NODEFAULTLIB:library with no result.

When I change “cout << setprecision (1343) << aSmallPO2 << endl;" to "cout << setprecision (1343) << endl;" the project links ok.

Thanks a lot for any help.

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:43:58 +0000

@mahaju,

I haven’t tried that combo, but the MPIR readme suggests it won’t work:

“Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition SP1 or newer is required to build MPIR.”