How To Install lpsolve on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lpsolve on Rocky Linux 8. lpsolve is A Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lpsolve on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lpsolve.

Install lpsolve 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 lpsolve using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lpsolve

Install lpsolve 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 lpsolve using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lpsolve

How To Uninstall lpsolve on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lpsolve

lpsolve Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/lp_solve
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/c2699f68905bde9be01e80214e40c8d1dbc6d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/6b4150c08151d9f363f20c7eff1f7135c3646e
/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

lpsolve website

Summary

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