cplex_conda_build

Instructions and example recipe to build CPLEX for conda.

The first thing is to read the tutorial on conda.io: https://conda.io/projects/conda-build/en/latest/user-guide/tutorials/build-pkgs.html

This is a 5 mn read and can save you a lot of time.

Once ready, all you need to do is clone this repository and follow the instructions below.

Important note: the meta.yaml contains information like the package name. If you are build a conda package for private use, you can leave the name cplex. If you want to mix private and public packages, I recommend you change the name of your CPLEX (on public conda, cplex is the name for the Community Edition package).

Prerequisites

Once conda is installed, you need to create a conda environment with the target python version.

Activate the environment, then install the conda-build package:

$ conda install conda-build

Edit build file

Edit meta.yaml file for the metadata of the package.

Edit build.sh file and change platform/python version/cplex studio directory.

build

You build the conda package using (assuming the current directory is the directory this github project was checked out)

conda build . --output-folder build

The resulting package is in the build/linux-64 directory, and should be named cplex-20.1-0.tar.bz2. To install it, run command:

conda install build/linux-64/cplex-20.1-0.tar.bz2