Before using the Gurobi Optimizer, you'll need to install the software on your computer. If you haven't already done so, please go to our download page, find your platform (we'll assume Linux in this document), and choose the corresponding file to download.
Your next step is to choose a destination directory. We recommend
/opt for a shared installation, but other directories will work
as well. Copy the Gurobi distribution to the destination directory
and extract the contents. Extraction is done with the following
command:
tar xvfz gurobi7.5.2_linux64.tar.gz
This command will create a sub-directory /opt/gurobi752/linux64 that
contains the complete Gurobi distribution. Your
<installdir> (which we'll refer to throughout this document)
will be
/opt/gurobi752/linux64.
The Gurobi Optimizer makes use of several executable files. In order to allow these files to be found when needed, you will have to modify a few environment variables:
GUROBI_HOME should point to your <installdir>.
PATH should be extended to include <installdir>/bin.
LD_LIBRARY_PATH should be extended to include
<installdir>/lib.
bash shell should add the following lines to their
.bashrc files:
export GUROBI_HOME="/opt/gurobi752/linux64"
export PATH="${PATH}:${GUROBI_HOME}/bin"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GUROBI_HOME}/lib"
Users of the csh shell should add the following lines to their
.cshrc files:
setenv GUROBI_HOME /opt/gurobi752/linux64
setenv PATH ${PATH}:${GUROBI_HOME}/bin
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${GUROBI_HOME}/lib
If LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not already set, use
the following instead:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${GUROBI_HOME}/lib"
or
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${GUROBI_HOME}/lib
These paths should be adjusted to reflect your chosen
<installdir>.
You'll need to close your current terminal window and open a new one after you have made these changes in order to pick up the new settings.
In some Linux distributions, applications launched from the Linux
desktop won't read .bashrc (or .cshrc). You may need to
set the Gurobi environment variables in .bash_profile or
.profile instead. Unfortunately, the details of where to set
these variables vary widely among different Linux distributions. We
suggest that you consult the documentation for your distribution if
you run into trouble.
You are now ready to proceed to the section on Retrieving Your Gurobi License.
If you would like an overview of the files included in the Gurobi distribution, you can also view the File Overview section.
If you are running Gurobi on a system with SELinux enforced, you should read this section.