How To Install NLopt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt in Fedora 36. NLopt is Open-Source library for nonlinear optimization

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt on Fedora 36.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install NLopt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NLopt.

Install NLopt on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install NLopt

Install NLopt on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove NLopt

NLopt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/880df5955cea11e23a06432347dfc3ecf004e0
/usr/lib64/libnlopt.so.0
/usr/lib64/libnlopt.so.0.11.1
/usr/share/doc/NLopt
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/NEWS.md
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYING.src_algs_direct
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_ags
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_bobyqa
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_cobyla
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_esch
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_luksan
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_newuoa
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_slsqp
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_stogo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt on Fedora 36.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install NLopt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NLopt.

Install NLopt on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install NLopt

Install NLopt on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove NLopt

NLopt Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/ea73f2f4ea4e21c727aadb3b4ecfce7222d3dc
/usr/lib/libnlopt.so.0
/usr/lib/libnlopt.so.0.11.1
/usr/share/doc/NLopt
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NLopt/NEWS.md
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYING.src_algs_direct
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_ags
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_bobyqa
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_cobyla
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_esch
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_luksan
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_newuoa
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_slsqp
/usr/share/licenses/NLopt/COPYRIGHT.src_algs_stogo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NLopt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).