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Platforms

System Requirements

• C compiler
• The make utility
• The libraries for the solvers you wish to use with MINOPT

In order to obtain MINOPT for a PC running WindowsNT or Windows95, please refer to the Purchasing Information.

In order to obtain MINOPT for a PC running Linux, please refer to the Purchasing Information.

Compiling MINOPT

To compile MINOPT on a UNIX system, follow the following steps:

1. Obtain the MINOPT tar file for the appropriate architecture from the Software Archive.
   
2. Uncompress the tar file using gunzip.
   % gunzip minopt_hppa.tar.gz
3. Extract the tar file using the tar command:
   %tar xvf minopt_hppa.tar
   The will create the directory minopt_hppa and extract the MINOPT into this directory. The new directory will contain the following:
   • COPYRIGHT
   • Makefile.dist
   • README.install
   • README.license
   • README.stanford
   • configure
   • include/
   • lib/
   • src/
4. Run the configuration script to create the Makefile for MINOPT:
   % ./configure
   This will ask you a series of questions regarding the computer as well as which external solvers you have present and wish to include with your MINOPT executable. When the configuration is complete, a Makefile for compiling MINOPT will be created.
5. After the configuration is complete and the Makefile has been created. Use the make command to compile the program:
   % make
   This will create the single MINOPT executable named minopt

Installing MINOPT

1. All that is needed to run MINOPT is the single executable. To install MINOPT on an UNIX system, copy the executable to an appropriate place on the computer. (Somewhere like /usr/local/bin is usually a good choice.)
2. Now you are ready to run MINOPT. To test that it is compiled and installed correctly, run the program:
   % minopt
   You should get the header message and copyright information.
3. You can run MINOPT, but you will not get very far without a valid license. Consult the Purchasing and Licensing page for more information about this.

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