Hi monks,

I tried to install 'Math::GMP' module on a windows 2000 system.

I got the following messages when I ran Makefile.pl

Note (probably harmless): No library found for -lgmp
Note (probably harmless): No library found for oldnames.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for kernel32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for user32.lib 
Note (probably harmless): No library found for gdi32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for winspool.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for comdlg32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for advapi32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for shell32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for ole32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for oleaut32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for netapi32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for uuid.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for wsock32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for mpr.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for winmm.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for version.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for odbc32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for odbccp32.lib
Note (probably harmless): No library found for msvcrt.lib
Writing Makefile for Math::GMP

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And the following error with nmake 

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility   Version 6.00.8168.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1988-1998. All rights reserved.

        cl -c    -nologo -Gf -W3 -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1 -DWIN32 -D_CONSO
+LE -DNO_ST
RICT -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DNO_HASH_SEED -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_I
+MPLICIT_SY
S -DUSE_PERLIO -DPERL_MSVCRT_READFIX -MD -Zi -DNDEBUG -O1    -DVERSION
+=\"2.03\"
 -DXS_VERSION=\"2.03\"  "-IC:\Perl\lib\CORE"   GMP.c
GMP.c
C:\Perl\lib\CORE\perl.h(380) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include 
+file: 'sys
/types.h': No such file or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'cl' : return code '0x2'
Stop.

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20040615 Edit by Corion: Fixed formatting, added code tags

In reply to problem with Math::GMP by Nalina

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