Information about the package, glpk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The glpk package is designed for, GNU Linear Programming Kit.
Package Name:
glpk
Summary:
GNU Linear Programming Kit
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.40
Release:
1.1.el6
Size:
359 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the glpk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install glpk
This command will install glpk on the server.
yum remove glpk
This command will un-install glpk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glpk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove glpk
This command will un-install glpk on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove glpk when using the -y flag.
yum update glpk
This command will update glpk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove glpk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update glpk
This command will update glpk to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove glpk when using the -y flag.
yum info glpk
This command will show you core information about the glpk package.
yum deplist glpk
This command will show you the dependencies for glpk. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update glpk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on glpk. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.