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gsl: GNU Scientific Library

Overview of package

Package: gsl
Description: GNU Scientific Library
For more information: https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/
Categories: SoftwareDevelopment
NumericalMethods
License: OpenSource (GPLv3)

General Usage

The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a collection of various numerical routines in C or C++, including routines for complex numbers, permutations, eigenvalues, statistics, transforms, and differention among other issues.

The following environmental variables have been defined:

  • $GSL_ROOT has been set to the root of the gsl installation
  • $GSL_LIBDIR points to the directory containing the libraries
  • $GSL_INCDIR points to the directory containing the header files

You will probably wish to use these by adding the following flags to your compilation command (e.g. to CFLAGS in your Makefile):

  • -I$GSL_INCDIR

and the following flags to your link command (e.g. LDFLAGS in your Makefile):

  • -L$GSL_LIBDIR -Wl,-rpath,$GSL_LIBDIR

Available versions by cluster

This section lists the available versions of the package gslon the UMD HPC clusters.

Versions available on the Zaratan cluster

Version Module tags CPU(s) optimized for GPU ready?
2.5 2.5 zen Yes
2.7.1 2.7.1 icelake, x86_64, zen2 Yes
2.7 2.7 zen2 Yes