>From 558175f69ba52446eca75ab79b641c8f0204093e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 13:22:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add nlopt.
* gnu/packages/maths.scm (nlopt): New variable.
---
gnu/packages/maths.scm | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index adebf09..6b9d79d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -911,7 +911,26 @@ sparse system of linear equations A x = b using Guassian elimination.")
(inputs
(alist-delete "pt-scotch" (package-inputs mumps-openmpi)))))
+(define-public nlopt
+ (package
+ (name "nlopt")
+ (version "2.4.2")
+ (source (origin
+ (method url-fetch)
+ (uri (string-append "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt/nlopt-";
+ version ".tar.gz"))
+ (sha256
+ (base32 "12cfkkhcdf4zmb6h7y6qvvdvqjs2xf9sjpa3rl3bq76px4yn76c0"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared"))) ; Also create a shared library.
+ (home-page "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/";)
+ (synopsis "Library for non-linear optimization")
+ (description "NLopt is a library for non-linear optimization, providing a
+common interface for a number of different free optimization routines available
+online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms.")
+ (license license:lgpl3)))
+
(define-public superlu
(package
(name "superlu")
--
2.5.5
Dear Guix,
I'd like to add 'nlopt', a library for non-lineair optimizations.
By passing "--enable-shared" to the configure script, it generates
a shared library as well as a static library. Otherwise, this patch
is pretty standard.
Thanks for your time.
Kind regards,
Roel Janssen
