How To Install coinor-clp on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-clp on Ubuntu 22.04. coinor-clp is Coin-or linear programming solver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-clp on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is coinor-clp

coinor-clp is:

Clp (Coin-or linear programming) is an open-source linear programming solver written in C++. It is primarily meant to be used as a callable library, but a basic, stand-alone executable version is also available. It is designed to find solutions of constrained linear mathematical optimization problems.

This package contains the clp executable.

There are three methods to install coinor-clp on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coinor-clp Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-clp using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coinor-clp

Install coinor-clp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-clp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coinor-clp

Install coinor-clp Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install coinor-clp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coinor-clp

How To Uninstall coinor-clp on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the coinor-clp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove coinor-clp

Uninstall coinor-clp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coinor-clp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coinor-clp

Remove coinor-clp Configurations and Data

To remove coinor-clp configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coinor-clp

Remove coinor-clp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coinor-clp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coinor-clp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coinor-clp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.