How To Install glpk on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glpk on CentOS 7.
What is glpk
The GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) package is intended for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems. It is a set of routines written in ANSI C and organized in the form of a callable library. GLPK supports the GNU MathProg language, which is a subset of the AMPL language. The GLPK package includes the following main components * Revised simplex method. * Primal-dual interior point method. * Branch-and-bound method. * Translator for GNU MathProg. * Application program interface (API). * Stand-alone LP/MIP solver.
We can use yum or dnf to install glpk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glpk.
Install glpk on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install glpk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glpk
Install glpk on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install glpk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glpk
How To Uninstall glpk on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the glpk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glpk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glpk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.