On Nov 20, 2007, at 5:52 PM, betty wrote: > i looked at the descriptions of COIN-OR and maxima, they looked > promising; to someone who can understand programming. which , > again , is not me :(. > anyone who knows how to do that, does not need a gui to run linux > like i do. Betty, I guess I got in a hurry and was too terse. There are pre-compiled binaries in the COIN-OR project that you can just use: "It is possible to use this distribution "out-of-the-box" to solve linear and integer programs. Nothing needs to be compiled or linked. In this distribution there is a bin directory that contains the executable clp (or clp.exe for Windows) that can be used to solve linear and integer programs." I found that quote here: which is also the page with links to the binaries. Not that Windows is supported as well as Linux. HTH --- Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. -Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel laureate (1872-1970) --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss