Math::LP::Solve is a wrapper for the functions in the lp_solve library for solving linear programs, which is written by Michel Berkelaar. The source code of this library is available at ftp://ftp.ics.ele.tue.nl/pub/lp_solve/ The Perl extension is based on the latest version (lp_solve_3.0). INSTALLATION Download lp_solve_3.0.tar.gz and untar it in the Math-LP-Solve-* directory, then compile the library (which requires some tweaking of the Makefile). Consult the lp_solve documentation if any help is needed here. IMPORTANT: make sure the lp_solve library is compiled for position independent code (e.g. by including -fPIC in the CFLAGS for gcc). If you already have a compiled version of the library, it suffices to make a directory lp_solve_3.0 and copy liblpk.a and all .h files to it. Alternatively, the whole download - extraction - compilation sequence is performed automatically if the needed files are not found. This may fail at some step however, whereafter you'll need to revert to the manual method. In short, the standard sequence for installing Perl extensions should do the job: % perl Makefile.PL % make % make test % make install Automatic compilation of the lp_solve library is attempted in the first of these steps. If you do not have write access to the Perl libraries, it is still possible to install it in a separate location with absolute pathname using the following sequence: % perl Makefile.PL PREFIX= LIB=/lib/perl5 % make % make test % make pure_install Do not forget to include in your PERL5LIB search path to use the extension in this case. AUTHOR The Perl extension Math::LP::Solve to the lp_solve library is written by Wim Verhaegen . COPYRIGHT Copyright(c) 2000 Wim Verhaegen. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. Consult the lp_solve documentation for copyright information on the lp_solve library.