mpfr

Install command:
brew install mpfr

C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations

https://www.mpfr.org/

License: LGPL-3.0-or-later

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/mpfr.json

Formula code: mpfr.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon
golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
macOS on
Intel
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
sonoma ✅
ventura ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 4.2.2
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

gmp 6.3.0 GNU multiple precision arithmetic library

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf 2.73 Automatic configure script builder
automake 1.20 Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
libtool 2.6.2 Generic library support script
texinfo 7.3 Official documentation format of the GNU project

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