What is in this folder:

README.txt: Some general information about this version and a change history

changes5.htm: A list of changes to the lpsolve API compared to version 4

citations.txt: lpsolve citation data

lp_solve51.chm: Windows HTML Help documentation file of this lpsolve version.

lp_solve_5.1_AMPL_exe.tar.gz: lpsolve driver for AMPL on Linux (SuSE, Red Hat)

lp_solve_5.1_AMPL_exe.zip: lpsolve driver for AMPL on Windows

lp_solve_5.1_AMPL_source.tar.gz: lpsolve driver source for AMPL

lp_solve_5.1_COM.zip: lpsolve COM object for Windows. A COM interface to the lpsolve API.

lp_solve_5.1_Delphi.zip: Delphi module with example. A starting point if you want to use the lpsolve API from Delphi/Pascal.

lp_solve_5.1_IDE.zip: LpSolve IDE for Windows. A user friendly interface to lpsolve to formulate your model. At this moment only available for Windows.

lp_solve_5.1_bfp_GLPK_source.tar.gz: bfp GLPK source. Can be compiled under Windows or Linux to generate the GLPK bfp.

lp_solve_5.1_bfp_LUSOL_source.tar.gz: bfp LUSOL source. Can be compiled under Windows or Linux to generate the LUSOL bfp.

lp_solve_5.1_bfp_etaPFI_source.tar.gz: bfp etaPFI source. Can be compiled under Windows or Linux to generate the etaPFI 2.0 bfp.

lp_solve_5.1_c.zip: C example. A starting point if you want to use the lpsolve API from C.

lp_solve_5.1_cs.net.zip: C# example (Windows). A starting point if you want to use the lpsolve API from C# (.NET).

lp_solve_5.1_dev.tar.gz: lpsolve version 5.1 Linux (SuSE, Red Hat) libraries. Precompiled libraries if you want to call the lpsolve API from your application.

lp_solve_5.1_dev.zip: lpsolve version 5.1 Windows dll, libraries and include files. The dll is needed by many of the examples (VB, C, C#, VB, VB.NET, Delphi, Java, ...) and the libraries and include files are needed when you statically link the lpsolve library with your application.

lp_solve_5.1_doc.tar.gz: HTML documentation of this lpsolve version. For use under Unix/Linux. Can also be used under Windows, however lp_solve51.chm is more handy under that platform.

lp_solve_5.1_excel.zip: Windows EXCEL example. A starting point if you want to use the lpsolve API from EXCEL.

lp_solve_5.1.tar.gz: lp_solve version 5.1 Linux (SuSE, Red Hat) executables. Contains the lp_solve stand-alone program and the bfp and xli libraries for Linux.

lp_solve_5.1_exe.zip: lp_solve version 5.1 Windows executables. Contains the 
lp_solve stand-alone program and the bfp and xli libraries for Windows.

lp_solve_5.1_source.tar.gz: lpsolve version 5.1 source code for all platforms.

lp_solve_5.1_vb.net.zip: VB.NET example (Windows). A starting point if you want to use the lpsolve API from VB.NET).

lp_solve_5.1_vb.zip: VB6 example (Windows). A starting point if you want to use the lpsolve API from VB6.

lp_solve_5.1_xli_CPLEX_source.tar.gz: xli CPLEX source. Can be compiled under Windows or Linux to generate the CPLEX xli interface.

lp_solve_5.1_xli_LINDO_source.tar.gz: xli LINDO source. Can be compiled under Windows or Linux to generate the LINDO xli interface.

lp_solve_5.1_xli_LPFML_source.tar.gz: xli LPFML (XML) source. Can be compiled under Windows to generate the XML xli interface.

lp_solve_5.1_xli_MathProg_source.tar.gz: xli MathProg source. Can be compiled under Windows or Linux to generate the MathProg xli interface. Note that you also need GLPK source to do this.


In general, if a file has extension .zip, then it is only for Windows. If it has extension .gz, then it is for Linux/Unix, except if it contains sources, then it is normally for all platforms.


There are two documentation files:
lp_solve_5.1_doc.tar.gz: can be used under all platforms
lp_solve51.chm: the same as lp_solve_5.1_doc.tar.gz, but specific for Windows. The advantage of this help file is that it has a search function.