Quick Start:

> tar -zxvf Givaro.tar.gz

> cd givaro-3.XX

> configure --prefix=/tmp/givaro-exec

> make; make install

Configuration can be adapted. > configure --help, will print the parameter choices.
In particular if GMP is not installed to the default location you might need to add e.g. --with-gmp=/mypathforgmp/gmp-4.3.1 to the configure line.
Also, on non-Linux systems you might need to use 'gmake' instead of 'make'.

Compilation :
 

An optional compilation help file is provided : just add the following line to your Makefile !

include ##GIVAROROOT##/bin/givaro-makefile

 
Then a simple call will compile your C++ files  (here ifactor.C, with a gazillion number of optional optimization flags) :

 cd examples/Integer; make ifactor "OPTFLAGS=-O7 -funroll-all-loops

        -felide-constructors -fstrict-aliasing

        -frerun-loop-opt -fexpensive-optimizations

        -fforce-addr -fforce-mem -fstrength-reduce -march=i686"