trying to get gmp running

[Karlkneile@aol.com]

I am having problems getting gmp up and running.  The description of  my 
problem is both below and in the attached file.  The attachment is a  wordpad text 
file. I'm not certain which is the preferred mode in this  forum.  I'm sure I 
made a simple error, but I'm at a loss what to try  next.
 
I am trying to get gmp running on my system.
 
cygwin ver 2.457.2.2 with windows XP.
gcc-g++-3.4.4-1
gmp-4.1.4
 
gcc was downloaded and installed thru cygwin
it appears to be working  OK
 
gmp was downloaded from swox
I didn't find it at cygwin; is it  there?
gmp was installed using ./configure
followed by a make
make  check gave all passes
 
I tried the following program  "progname"
 
  #include <stdio.h>
#include <gmp.h>
 
  main()
{
mpz_t  n;
mpz_init(n);
}
 
c++   -I/gmp-4.1.4   progname
 
I had to use the -I option for c++ to find the gmp.h file
Could I  have installed it differently to avoid this?
 
The above resulted the error: undefined reference to '___gmpz_int'
I  tried using -L/libgmp.la without any change
 
What am I doing wrong?
Is there a better way to install gmp?
I am not  a systems person; just a c++ user that would like to have  gmp.

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