Installing GSL

Procedure

1. Use PuTTY to log in to the server as the root user.
2. Run the following command to decompress the installation package:

   tar xvf gsl-2.5.0.tar.gz

3. Run the following command to go to the directory generated after decompression:

   cd gsl-2.5.0

4. Run the following commands to perform compilation and installation:

   mkdir build

   cd build

   ../configure --prefix=/path/to/GSL

   make -j 32

   make install

5. Run the following commands to set GSL environment variables:

   export LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/GSL/lib:$LIBRARY_PATH

   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/GSL/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

   export CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=/path/to/GSL/include:$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH

   export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/path/to/GSL/include:$C_INCLUDE_PATH