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The [https://gna.org/projects/minfx/ minfx project] is a Python package for numerical optimisation, being a large collection of standard minimisation algorithms. The name minfx is simply a shortening of the mathematical expression min f(x).  
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The [https://sourceforge.net/projects/minfx/ minfx project] is a Python package for numerical optimisation, being a large collection of standard minimisation algorithms. The name minfx is simply a shortening of the mathematical expression min f(x).  
  
 
== Install ==
 
== Install ==
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=== Linux and Mac ===
 
=== Linux and Mac ===
Remember to check, if there are newer versions of [http://download.gna.org/minfx minfx]. <br>
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Remember to check, if there are newer versions of [https://sourceforge.net/projects/minfx/ minfx]. <br>
The [https://gna.org/projects/minfx/ minfx] library can be installed on all UNIX systems by typing:
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The [https://sourceforge.net/projects/minfx/ minfx] library can be installed on all UNIX systems by typing:
 
{{#tag:source|
 
{{#tag:source|
 
# Change to bash, if in tcsh shell
 
# Change to bash, if in tcsh shell
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v={{current version minfx}}
 
v={{current version minfx}}
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# In tcsh: set v={{current version bmrblib}}
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wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/bmrblib/files/$v/bmrblib-$v.tar.gz
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cd $HOME/Downloads
 
cd $HOME/Downloads
curl http://download.gna.org/minfx/minfx-$v.tar.gz -o minfx-$v.tar.gz
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wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/minfx/files/$v/minfx-$v.tar.gz
 
tar -xzf minfx-$v.tar.gz
 
tar -xzf minfx-$v.tar.gz
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rm minfx-$v.tar.gz
 
cd minfx-$v
 
cd minfx-$v
 
# Then either
 
sudo pip install -e .
 
# Or
 
 
pip install .
 
pip install .
  

Revision as of 11:51, 6 September 2017

The minfx logo.png

The minfx project is a Python package for numerical optimisation, being a large collection of standard minimisation algorithms. The name minfx is simply a shortening of the mathematical expression min f(x).

Install

Guides to install on different systems.

Linux and Mac

Remember to check, if there are newer versions of minfx.
The minfx library can be installed on all UNIX systems by typing:

# Change to bash, if in tcsh shell
bash

v=1.0.12
# In tcsh: set v=1.0.4

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/bmrblib/files/$v/bmrblib-$v.tar.gz


cd $HOME/Downloads
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/minfx/files/$v/minfx-$v.tar.gz
tar -xzf minfx-$v.tar.gz
rm minfx-$v.tar.gz
cd minfx-$v
pip install .

cd ..

From source code

cd path_to/relax

svn co svn://svn.gna.org/svn/minfx/trunk minfx_down
ln -s minfx_down/minfx/ minfx 

# Test
relax -i

Windows

See also