Could't find gmp library after installing Perl Module

saravanansh has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Could't find gmp library after installing Perl Module by almut (Canon) on Dec 23, 2008 at 15:26 UTC
What caused machine A fail to find the gmp library? Maybe you don't have the `gmp` library installed. Or you do have it installed, but in a non-standard location... Have you built it yourself, or did you install a pre-built package (e.g. `libgmp3c2` + `libgmp3-dev`, for Debian) for your distro?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Could't find gmp library after installing Perl Module by saravanansh (Initiate) on Dec 23, 2008 at 17:35 UTC
Is it possible to install libgmp3c2 libgmp3-dev this package for RHEL 5.0	[reply]
Re^3: Could't find gmp library after installing Perl Module by almut (Canon) on Dec 23, 2008 at 18:09 UTC
Presumably, the packages are named differently (my guess would be something like `gmp` and `gmp-devel`)... You could try `yum search gmp` [download] or `yum list 'gmp'` [download] to get a listing of potential candidates, and then `"yum info <package-name>"` to get package details. (presuming you have `yum`, that is, which I think comes with RHEL 5 — but I'm no Red Hat expert...) Note that you'll need the development (`-devel`) package, for the header files, in addition to the regular package containing the compiled library itself.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Could't find gmp library after installing Perl Module by syphilis (Archbishop) on Dec 23, 2008 at 22:12 UTC
Is it possible to install libgmp3c2 libgmp3-dev this package for RHEL 5.0 The gmp library usually builds easily on linux, so you could just grab the source from http://gmplib.org and build it yourself if you like. Just unpack the source and run './configure && make && make check'. If all goes well then run 'sudo make install'. Cheers, Rob	[reply]