Question

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, and started learning python today.(I tried to install a pirate version of MATLAB but failed…)
I have a linear programming problem to solve, and I want to use lp_solve module for Python.
I tried for 1~2 hours to find the download file and install the module.

I am not sure if I downloaded a right thing, and I could not install it until now.

How can I install this?
There is no download link in http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/, and it tells me to run a command

python setup.py install

but there is no setup.py file in anywhere, including the lpsolve source file I downloaded somewhere.

If you know where to download it, and install it, could you teach me how to do them, step by step?

I am not sure about the version of my Python.

Thank you.

Answer 1

The download link is:

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/, or
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/files/lpsolve/ for the files tab.

Once you have it installed, you may need to tweak your PYTHONPATH.

You also may want to look into cvexp:

• http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cvexp