unable to configure on Ubuntu 14.04 #84

issue gdassori openend this issue on November 1, 2014

gdassori commented at 4:44 pm on November 1, 2014: none

checking for yasm… no checking gmp.h usability… no checking gmp.h presence… no checking for gmp.h… no configure: error: no working bignum implementation found

on Ubuntu 14.04 no problems checking out #ae2679b
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unable to configure on Ubuntu 14.04
on Nov 1, 2014
sipa commented at 4:47 pm on November 1, 2014: contributor

Install libgmp-dev.
sipa commented at 4:56 pm on November 1, 2014: contributor

The OpenSSL-based bignum implementation was removed, so gmp is now required (at least until we have a native bignum implementation).
theuni commented at 5:13 pm on November 24, 2014: contributor

@sipa since gmp is the only implementation that remains, maybe we should replace “no working bignum implementation found” with “gmp not found, please install the gmp/libgmp package” or so?
sipa commented at 5:14 pm on November 24, 2014: contributor

Agree, that would remove some confusion.

A bit longer term I want to get rid of the general-purpose ’num’ interface entirely, and use scalar/field specific implementations for everything, though.
9cat commented at 5:31 pm on December 2, 2014: none

how about on mac 10.10, I can’t use brew install libgmp-dev. or brew install gmp.
sipa commented at 5:32 pm on December 2, 2014: contributor

This should be resolved by #119, as GMP is now optional.
sipa closed this on Dec 2, 2014
9cat commented at 6:02 pm on December 2, 2014: none

yup, it works now. but I guess you might want to merge this to bitcoin main master branch in case it will work there for ./configure
sipa commented at 6:12 pm on December 2, 2014: contributor

Yes, I’ll update the subtree in Bitcoin when most of the current in-flight pull requests are in.
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