How To Install lpsolve on CentOS 8

lpsolve is A Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lpsolve on CentOS 8.

What is lpsolve

Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver lpsolve solves pure linear, (mixed) integer/binary, semi-continuous and special ordered sets (SOS) models.

We can use yum or dnf to install lpsolve on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lpsolve.

Install lpsolve on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lpsolve using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lpsolve

Install lpsolve on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lpsolve using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lpsolve

How To Uninstall lpsolve on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the lpsolve package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lpsolve

lpsolve Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/lp_solve
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/a75e823133d7eb40a618dde04df4ab105e0c1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/21ec6506fdbfd1d3ff83c511825cc588de070a
/usr/lib64/liblpsolve55.so
/usr/share/doc/lpsolve
/usr/share/doc/lpsolve/LUSOL-overview.txt
/usr/share/doc/lpsolve/LUSOL_LGPL.txt
/usr/share/doc/lpsolve/LUSOL_README.txt
/usr/share/doc/lpsolve/README.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lpsolve on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.