INSTALL

This document describes the standard CVXOPT installation procedure. For more
information, please consult the CVXOPT website <www.cvxopt.org>.


Installing a pre-built package
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Installing via conda
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The `conda-forge <http://anaconda.org/conda-forge/cvxopt>`_ channel
provides pre-built CVXOPT packages for Linux, macOS, and Windows that
can be installed using `conda <https://conda.io/docs/>`_::

	conda install -c conda-forge cvxopt

These pre-built packages are linked against OpenBLAS and include all  
optional extensions (DSDP, FFTW, GLPK, and GSL).


Installing via pip
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A pre-built binary wheel package can be installed
using `pip <https://pip.pypa.io>`_::

	pip install cvxopt

Wheels for Linux:

* are available for Python 3.6+ (x86_64)
* are linked against OpenBLAS
* include all optional extensions (DSDP, FFTW, GLPK, and GSL)

Wheels for macOS:

* are available for Python 3.6+ (x86_64 and arm64)
* are linked against OpenBLAS
* include all optional extensions (DSDP, FFTW, GLPK, and GSL)

Wheels for Windows:

* are available for Python 3.8+ (x86_64)
* are linked against OpenBLAS
* include the optional extension GLPK 


Building and installing from source
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Please consult the CVXOPT website for information about how to build 
and install CVXOPT from source <https://cvxopt.org/install/index.html>.