@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ functions with and without gradient information. It is designed as
a simple, unified interface and packaging of several free/open-source
nonlinear optimization libraries.
The latest release and a complete manual may be found at the NLopt
home page: http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt
The latest release can be downloaded from the [NLopt releases](https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/releases) page on Github, and the
[NLopt manual](
https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) is hosted on readthedocs.
NLopt is compiled and installed with the [CMake][1] build system
NLopt is compiled and installed with the [CMake](https://cmake.org/) build system
(see `CMakeLists.txt` file for available options):
git clone git://github.com/stevengj/nlopt
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@@ -21,22 +22,14 @@ NLopt is compiled and installed with the [CMake][1] build system
make
sudo make install
(To build the latest development sources from git, you will need [SWIG][2]
(To build the latest development sources from git, you will need [SWIG](http://www.swig.org/)
to generate the Python and Guile bindings.)
Once it is installed, `#include <nlopt.h>` in your C/C++ programs and
link it with `-lnlopt -lm`. You may need to use a C++ compiler to link
in order to include the C++ libraries (which are used internally by NLopt,
even though it exports a C API).
even though it exports a C API). See the [C reference manual](https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/NLopt_Reference/).
The minimization function, `nlopt_minimize`, is described in the [manpage][3]
(`api/nlopt_minimize.3`, which is installed by `make install`).
See also the manual on our web page.
There are also interfaces for Fortran, Python, MATLAB, GNU Octave, OCaml,
GNU Guile, GNU R, Lua, and Julia. Interfaces for other languages may
There are also interfaces for [C++](https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/NLopt_C-plus-plus_Reference/), [Fortran](https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/NLopt_Fortran_Reference/), [Python](https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/NLopt_Python_Reference/), [Matlab or GNU Octave](https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/NLopt_Matlab_Reference/), [OCaml](https://bitbucket.org/mkur/nlopt-ocaml),
[GNU Guile](https://nlopt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/NLopt_Guile_Reference/), [GNU R](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctpjyy/nloptr.html), [Lua](https://github.com/rochus-keller/LuaNLopt), [Rust](https://github.com/jesskfullwood/rust-nlopt), and [Julia](https://github.com/JuliaOpt/NLopt.jl). Interfaces for other languages may
