linbox: Linear algebra with dense, sparse, structured matrices over the integers and finite fields

Description

LinBox is a C++ template library for exact, high-performance linear algebra computation with dense, sparse, and structured matrices over the integers and over finite fields.

License

LGPL V2 or later

Upstream Contact

• https://linalg.org/

• <linbox-devel@googlegroups.com>

• <linbox-use@googlegroups.com>

SPKG Repository

https://bitbucket.org/malb/linbox-spkg

Dependencies

• GNU patch

• GMP/MPIR

• MPFR

• NTL

• fpLLL

• IML

• M4RI

• M4RIE

• Givaro

• FFLAS/FFPACK

• a BLAS implementation such as openblas

Special Update/Build Instructions

TODO:

• spkg-check is disabled for now, should work in the next release after 1.3.2.

• Check whether make fullcheck works/builds, is worth running, and doesn’t take ages. (Version 1.1.6 doesn’t seem to have such a target.)

Type

standard

Dependencies

• $(MP_LIBRARY)

• fflas_ffpack: Dense linear algebra over word-size finite fields

• flint: Fast Library for Number Theory

• givaro: C++ library for arithmetic and algebraic computations

• iml: Integer Matrix Library

• mpfr: Multiple-precision floating-point computations with correct rounding

• ntl: A library for doing number theory

Version Information

package-version.txt:

1.7.0+sage-2024-05-18

Equivalent System Packages

Arch Linux

$ sudo pacman -S linbox

conda-forge

$ conda install linbox

Debian/Ubuntu

$ sudo apt-get install liblinbox-dev

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

$ sudo yum install linbox linbox-devel

FreeBSD

$ sudo pkg install math/linbox

Gentoo Linux

$ sudo emerge sci-libs/linbox

Nixpkgs

$ nix-env --install linbox

openSUSE

$ sudo zypper install pkgconfig\(linbox\)

Void Linux

$ sudo xbps-install linbox-devel

See https://repology.org/project/linbox/versions

If the system package is installed, ./configure will check if it can be used.