Overview
Getting started
What FLINT is and what it contains, and how to build, test and install it and compile programs against it. The tutorials in Getting started continue with first programs.
In this section#
User guideIntroductionWhat FLINT is, what it contains, how the library and its documentation are organised, what it requires, and its license.User guideBuilding, testing and installingHow to configure, build, test and install FLINT with the Autotools build system (or CMake on Windows), the configuration options, and how to compile and link programs against the installed library.
Cite this page
The FLINT team, “Getting started,” FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev, 2026. https://flintlib.org/doc/guide/getting-started/index.html (generated 2026-10-20).
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title = {{Getting started}},
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