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1 # libtommath
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3 This is the git repository for [LibTomMath](http://www.libtom.net/LibTomMath/), a free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer (MPI) library written entirely in C.
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5 ## Build Status
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7 ### Travis CI
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9 master: [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath)
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11 develop: [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath.png?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath)
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13 ### AppVeyor
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15 master: [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/b80lpolw3i8m6hsh/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/libtom/libtommath/branch/master)
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17 develop: [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/b80lpolw3i8m6hsh/branch/develop?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/libtom/libtommath/branch/develop)
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19 ### ABI Laboratory
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21 API/ABI changes: [check here](https://abi-laboratory.pro/tracker/timeline/libtommath/)
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23 ## Summary
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25 The `develop` branch contains the in-development version. Stable releases are tagged.
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27 Documentation is built from the LaTeX file `bn.tex`. There is also limited documentation in `tommath.h`.
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28 There is also a document, `tommath.pdf`, which describes the goals of the project and many of the algorithms used.
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30 The project can be build by using `make`. Along with the usual `make`, `make clean` and `make install`,
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31 there are several other build targets, see the makefile for details.
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32 There are also makefiles for certain specific platforms.
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34 ## Testing
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36 Tests are located in `demo/` and can be built in two flavors.
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37 * `make test` creates a stand-alone test binary that executes several test routines.
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38 * `make mtest_opponent` creates a test binary that is intended to be run against `mtest`.
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39 `mtest` can be built with `make mtest` and test execution is done like `./mtest/mtest | ./mtest_opponent`.
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40 `mtest` is creating test vectors using an alternative MPI library and `test` is consuming these vectors to verify correct behavior of ltm
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42 ## Building and Installing
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44 Building is straightforward for GNU Linux only, the section "Building LibTomMath" in the documentation in `doc/bn.pdf` has the details.