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