[labs.beatcraft.com]]~ [[OS X]]~ #Contents * Installing bigfloat on Mac OS X [#j2f931e8] ** About bigfloat [#v55fdb58] bigfloat is a Python extension module, which provides arbitrary-precision correctly-rounded binary floating-point arithmetic. This Python module is designed to work for the MPFR library. For the details, please visit the URL shown below. ** Installing bigfloat on Mac OS X [#v7bb896f] To install bigfloat, pip is required. Please install pip before starting this installation process. In this article, Mac OS X 10.9.3 is used. The command for installing bigfloat and installation process are shown below. <Code> To examine whether the installation process is successful or not, please try a sample program, which is listed on <url>the page of bigfloat</url>. This article tests a sample program called a quick tour. <Code> if you obtain the same results as shown above, bigfloat has been successfully installed. * Revision History [#vc729c92] > - 2015/01/06 This article is initially uploaded