Compiling gmp-ecm

[R. Gerbicz]

I've needed also:

sudo apt-get install libtool

[WraithX]

Originally Posted by EdH

Is the above link the current "official development" source, or is there another?

The official source code repository for gmp-ecm is here: https://gitlab.inria.fr/zimmerma/ecm
I have heard back from PaulZ, and the official release files are here: https://gitlab.inria.fr/zimmerma/ecm/-/releases

On the official release files page, each "Source Code" download will not have a configure file bundled. These files will need autoreconf -i before being able to configure and build.

Just below the "Source Code" downloads is the "release tarball" link. The "release tarball" does include the configure file, and is ready to configure and build without the need of autoreconf.

Originally Posted by chris2be8

I have suggested in another thread that INSTALL-ecm should tell people to run autoreconf -i (or autoreconf -si if the configure file is missing. And it probably should say you may need to install autoconf and m4 if you don't already have them. This probably belongs in section 0).

This is a good suggestion and I can update the INSTALL-ecm file to include this information. Thanks!

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by paulunderwood

Thanks people.

On his Centos sytem I guess Ernst has to do the following:

sudo dnf install autoconf
cd ecm-master    [where ever that is]
autoreconf -i
./configure
make
make check
sudo make install

Then ecm is available to use.

Yeah, don't we wish:

[ewmayer@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install autoconf
[sudo] password for ewmayer:
CentOS-8 - AppStream 94 B/s | 38 B 00:00
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'AppStream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: No URLs in mirrorlist

Is it just me, or does "every source release should include the script(s) needed to build said release" strike anyone else as a fairly sensible guideline for freeware packages?

Would someone whose gmp-ecm v7 install contains the configure file be so kind as to post a copy? Thanks.

[kruoli]

Here you go. From a Debian system. Hopefully it works.

[paulunderwood]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Yeah, don't we wish:

[ewmayer@localhost ~]$ sudo dnf install autoconf
[sudo] password for ewmayer:
CentOS-8 - AppStream 94 B/s | 38 B 00:00
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'AppStream': Cannot prepare internal mirrorlist: No URLs in mirrorlist

Is it just me, or does "every source release should include the script(s) needed to build said release" strike anyone else as a fairly sensible guideline for freeware packages?

https://techglimpse.com/failed-metad...ream-centos-8/

HTH.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by kruoli

Here you go. From a Debian system. Hopefully it works.

Thanks - that needs at least one other install-script:

configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."

[WraithX]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Would someone whose gmp-ecm v7 install contains the configure file be so kind as to post a copy? Thanks.

Did you try to download the release tarball from my post up above? It contains both configure and install-sh.

Here is the link to the Releases page: https://gitlab.inria.fr/zimmerma/ecm/-/releases

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by WraithX

Did you try to download the release tarball from my post up above? It contains both configure and install-sh.

Here is the link to the Releases page: https://gitlab.inria.fr/zimmerma/ecm/-/releases

Sorry - too much orthogonal advice flying around. Just grabbed the 7.0.4 release, still don't see the above files:

[ewmayer@localhost ~]$ tar xjf ecm-7.0.4.tar.bz2 
[ewmayer@localhost ~]$ ll |grep drw|grep ecm
4:6:drwxrwxr-x. 23 ewmayer ewmayer       4096 Oct  9  2020 ecm-7.0.4
5:8:drwxrwxr-x. 23 ewmayer ewmayer       4096 Apr  1 13:02 ecm-master
[ewmayer@localhost ~]$ cd ecm-7.0.4/
[ewmayer@localhost ecm-7.0.4]$ ./configure
-bash: ./configure: No such file or directory
[ewmayer@localhost ecm-7.0.4]$ l
acinclude.m4     check_gpuecm.sage      ecm-impl.h      M997.save                  pm1.c            test_dummy2.save
addlaws.c        check.mpl              ecm_int.h       main.c                     pm1fs2.c         test_dummy.save
addlaws.h        checkprob              ecm_ntt.c       Makefile.am                polyeval.c       test.ecm
aprtcle          check.sage             ecm-params.h    makesmooth.gp              powerpc32        test.gpuecm
arm              configure.ac           ecmprob.magma   median.c                   powerpc64        testlong.ecm
athlon           COPYING                ecm.xml         memusage.c                 pp1.c            testlong.pm1
AUTHORS          COPYING.LIB            eval.c          mips                       prime95.save     testlong.pp1
auxarith.c       coverage_gpu.sh        factor.c        mpmod.c                    random.c         test_M877.save
auxi.c           coverage.sh            Fgw.c           mpmod.h                    README           test_mulredc.c
auxlib.c         cudakernel.cu          generic         mpzspm.c                   README.dev       test.pm1
b1_ainc.c        cudakernel_default.cu  getprime_r.c    mpzspv.c                   README.dev.asm   test.pp1
basicdefs.h      cudakernel.h           getprime_r.h    mul_fft-params.h.athlon64  README.gpu       test_prime95.save
batch.c          cudawrapper.c          hecm            mul_fft-params.h.default   README.lib       test_Z2102.n
bench_mulredc.c  dummy2.save            hppa            mul_fft-params.h.pentium3  resume.c         TODO
bestd.c          dummy.save             ia64            mul_fft-params.h.pentium4  rho.c            TODO.fat
build.vc12       ecm.1                  INSTALL-ecm     mul_lo.c                   schoen_strass.c  TODO.kunz
build.vc14       ecm2.c                 ks-multiply.c   multiecm.c                 sets_long.c      TODO.sp
build.vc15       ecmbench               listz.c         NEWS                       sparc64          torsions.c
build.vs         ecm.c                  listz_handle.c  nodist                     sp.c             torsions.h
c155             ecm-ecm.h              listz_handle.h  ntt_gfp.c                  sp.h             tune.c
c270             ecmfactor.c            longlong.h      parametrizations.c         spm.c            x86
candi.c          ecm-gmp.h              lucas.c         patch-config.guess.diff    spv.c            x86_64
champions.h      ecm-gpu.h              m4              pentium4                   stage2.c         Z2102.n
ChangeLog        ecm.h.in               M877.save       phiP.gp                    techdocs

[kruoli]

Originally Posted by ewmayer

Thanks - that needs at least one other install-script:

configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."

Attached it is.

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by kruoli

Attached it is.

Thanks - got a little further before hitting the next missing build component (I also copied both your files to the new ecm-7.0.4 dir, fails there the same way):

[ewmayer@localhost ecm-master]$ ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/bin/sh: /home/ewmayer/ecm-master/missing: No such file or directory
configure: WARNING: 'missing' script is too old or missing
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
configure: error: cannot run /bin/sh ./config.sub

What files does "ls -l config*" show in your ecm-source dir?

[kruoli]

Please concatenate these files. It will give you a .7z file of my whole gmp-ecm checkout after the command and some make.