Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add nlopt.

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 01:26:21PM +0200, Roel Janssen wrote:
> From 558175f69ba52446eca75ab79b641c8f0204093e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2016 13:22:35 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add nlopt.
> 
> * gnu/packages/maths.scm (nlopt): New variable.

Looks good, but for some reason I can't apply the patch to my source
tree. Does it work for you?

> ---
>  gnu/packages/maths.scm | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
> index adebf09..6b9d79d 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
> @@ -911,7 +911,26 @@ sparse system of linear equations A x = b using Guassian elimination.")
>      (inputs
>       (alist-delete "pt-scotch" (package-inputs mumps-openmpi)))))
>  
> +(define-public nlopt
> +  (package
> +    (name "nlopt")
> +    (version "2.4.2")
> +    (source (origin
> +      (method url-fetch)
> +      (uri (string-append "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt/nlopt-"
> +                          version ".tar.gz"))
> +      (sha256
> +       (base32 "12cfkkhcdf4zmb6h7y6qvvdvqjs2xf9sjpa3rl3bq76px4yn76c0"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (arguments
> +     `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-shared"))) ; Also create a shared library.
> +    (home-page "http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/")
> +    (synopsis "Library for non-linear optimization")
> +    (description "NLopt is a library for non-linear optimization, providing a
> +common interface for a number of different free optimization routines available
> +online as well as original implementations of various other algorithms.")
> +    (license license:lgpl3)))
> +
>  (define-public superlu
>    (package
>      (name "superlu")
> -- 
> 2.5.5
> 

> Dear Guix,
> 
> I'd like to add 'nlopt', a library for non-lineair optimizations.
> By passing "--enable-shared" to the configure script, it generates
> a shared library as well as a static library.  Otherwise, this patch
> is pretty standard.
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Kind regards,
> Roel Janssen