How To Install glpk on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glpk on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glpk.
Install glpk on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install glpk using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install glpk
Install glpk on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install glpk using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install glpk
How To Uninstall glpk on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the glpk package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove glpk
glpk Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/778222b16964e89e5d27b05314390b7e36378a
/usr/lib64/libglpk.so.40
/usr/lib64/libglpk.so.40.3.0
/usr/share/doc/glpk
/usr/share/doc/glpk/README
/usr/share/licenses/glpk
/usr/share/licenses/glpk/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glpk on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.