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NLopt is a library for nonlinear local and global optimization, for
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functions with and without gradient information. It is designed as
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as simple, unified interface and packaging of several free/open-source
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nonlinear optimization libraries.
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The latest release and a complete manual may be found at the NLopt
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home page: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt
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It is compiled and installed with the standard GNU autoconf/automake
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commands:
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./configure
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make
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make install
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See `./configure --help` or the `INSTALL` file for other options. To
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build the latest development sources:
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git clone git://github.com/stevengj/nlopt
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cd nlopt
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sh autogen.sh
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make
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(To build from git, you will need GNU autoconf, automake, and libtool
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installed, along with SWIG and Unix tools such as m4, perl, and sed.)
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Once it is installed, `#include <nlopt.h>` in your C/C++ programs and
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link it with `-lnlopt -lm`. You may need to use the C++ compiler to link
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in order to include the C++ libraries (which are used internally by NLopt,
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even though it has a C API).
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The minimization function, `nlopt_minimize`, is described in the [man
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page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_page) (`api/nlopt_minimize.3`,
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which is installed by `make install`. See also the manual on our
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web page.
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There are also interfaces for Fortran, Python, Matlab, Octave, OCaml,
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GNU Guile, GNU R, Lua, and Julia. Interfaces for other languages may
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be added in the future.
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