How To Install NLopt on Fedora 34

NLopt is Open-Source library for nonlinear optimization Open-Source library for nonlinear optimization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt on Fedora 34.

What is NLopt

NLopt is a library for nonlinear local and global optimization, for functions with and without gradient information. It is designed as as simple, unified interface and packaging of several free/open-source nonlinear optimization libraries. It features bindings for GNU Guile, Octave and Python. This build has been made with C++-support enabled. NLopt 2.6.2 6.fc34 x86_64 236 k NLopt-2.6.2-6.fc34.src.rpm fedora Open-Source library for nonlinear optimization http BSD and LGPLv2+ and MIT and Public Domain NLopt is a library for nonlinear local and global optimization, for functions with and without gradient information. It is designed as as simple, unified interface and packaging of several free/open-source nonlinear optimization libraries. It features bindings for GNU Guile, Octave and Python. This build has been made with C++-support enabled.

We can use yum or dnf to install NLopt on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NLopt.

Install NLopt on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install NLopt

Install NLopt on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install NLopt

How To Uninstall NLopt on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove NLopt

NLopt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/d6629510fcdc43c347b0b7af738db0722c8c66
/usr/lib/libnlopt.so.0
/usr/lib/libnlopt.so.0.10.0
/usr/share/doc/NLopt
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYING.src_algs_direct
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_ags
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_bobyqa
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_cobyla
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_esch
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_luksan
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_newuoa
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_slsqp
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_stogo
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/NEWS.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b3/f62685711d8c62a443a056b1d3048b8051a7ad
/usr/lib64/libnlopt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libnlopt.so.0.10.0
/usr/share/doc/NLopt
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYING.src_algs_direct
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_ags
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_bobyqa
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_cobyla
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_esch
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_luksan
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_newuoa
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_slsqp
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_stogo
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/NEWS.md

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.