compiling on Mac OS with GMP and MPFR libraries installed through home-brew

[jaborthwick]

Hi,
I've run into some trouble trying to compile FORM on the latest MacOS (M4 processor) with libraries installed through homebrew. I've deactivated float features for the moment and it compiles fine that way, but I do not know how to get the configure command to search for the libraries in the directories where home-brew links its libraries.

I tried adding things to COMPILEFLAGS or LIBFLAGS but that didn't help.

Any help would be appreciated :-)

[tueda]

As a Homebrew user on Linux, I typically use something like (the exact version is in the gist):

./configure --with-gmp=$(brew --prefix gmp) --with-mpfr=$(brew --prefix mpfr) --with-flint=$(brew --prefix flint) --with-zstd=$(brew --prefix zstd)

I hope this works on macOS as well.

[jaborthwick]

this worked !