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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 11/22/19 11:50 AM, Andreas Fabri wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In a "standard installation" for the latest as well as previous releases 
> of CGAL
> the GMP and MPFR are used.  You can switch it off  with
>
> cmake |-DCGAL_DISABLE_GMP=ON|
>
> |Then there is a fallback to CGAL::Quotient<CGAL::MP_float> as exact 
> number type.|
>
> |The dependency on boost is strong, but limited to
> some boost libraries.

See also:
https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Manual/thirdparty.html#title4

> |
>
> |Best,|
>
> |Andreas
> |
>
> On 11/22/2019 10:46 AM, Gregory Soyez wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > one of our codes uses CGAL 2D triangulation. I am struggling a little 
> > bit to figure out which of CGAL dependences are needed to build our 
> > code (for historical reasons we use autotools instead of CMake).
> >
> > In practice, we include:
> >   Exact_predicates_inexact_constructions_kernel.h
> >   Delaunay_triangulation_2.h
> >   Triangulation_hierarchy_2.h
> >   Triangulation_vertex_base_with_info_2.h
> >
> > At first sight, it seems that only the GMP library is needed for 
> > linking but the MPFR and Boost libraries are not needed. Can you 
> > confirm this is correct?
> >
> > Is it still OK for an (installed) CGAL-5.0?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance for the help,
> > Cheers,
> > Gregory
> --
> Andreas Fabri, PhD
> Chief Officer, GeometryFactory
> Editor, The CGAL Project
>
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