I'm trying to install msieve following this guide.

But as soon as I type make all the scripts returns a message:

pick a target:
x86       32-bit Intel/AMD systems (required if gcc used)
x86_64    64-bit Intel/AMD systems (required if gcc used)
generic   portable code
add 'ECM=1' if GMP-ECM is available (enables ECM)
add 'CUDA=1' for Nvidia graphics card support

What am I supposed to do?

make all ECM=1 NO_ZLIB=1 and make all ECM=1 aren't working

CodePudding user response：

So, in this guide (link copied from the original question), the author says:

Download the msieve package:
Code:

svn co https://svn.code.sf.net/p/msieve/code/trunk $HOME/Math/msieve

But I think you didn't do that. You chose to use an 12-year-old version (v1.46) of msieve from some fork on Github (link also copied from the original question). In 12 years, a lot of things can change, including build procedures.

So I'd suggest you follow your guide more closely, either using the exact command shown above, possibly modifying the local repository path, (which will give you the trunk version, msieve 1.54) or in spirit, by downloading the source repository from the msieve sourceforge page, which will give you version 1.53, released in 2016. Whichever of the above you chose, the instructions you have should work.

Alternatively, you could follow the instructions in the version you downloaded, and change the all in make all to one of the three options listed (x86, x86_64, or generic), probably x86_64 (assuming you're using a 64-bit Linux, which has been the norm for some years now).