Introduction
This guide explains how to install OR-Tools for Python on Linux.
Although these instructions might also work on other Linux variants, we have only tested them on machines meeting the following requirements:
- Alpine Edge 64-bit (x86_64)
- Centos Stream 8 64-bit (x86_64)
- Centos 7 64-bit (x86_64)
- Debian 11 (bullseye) 64-bit (x86_64)
- Debian 10 (buster) 64-bit (x86_64)
- Fedora 36 64-bit (x86_64)
- Fedora 35 64-bit (x86_64)
- Fedora 34 64-bit (x86_64)
- Fedora 33 64-bit (x86_64)
- OpenSuse Leap 64-bit (x86_64)
- Ubuntu 22.10 64-bit (x86_64)
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 64-bit (x86_64)
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 64-bit (x86_64)
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit (x86_64)
Prerequisites
The following sections describe the prerequisites for installing OR-Tools.
Python
You must have Python 3.6+ installed.
To install Python 3.6+, open a terminal window and enter:
Alpine
apk add python3-dev py3-pip py3-wheel
Centos
sudo dnf install -y python3 python3-devel python3-pip numpy
Centos
sudo yum install -y python3 python3-devel python3-pip numpy
Debian
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
Debian
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
Fedora
sudo dnf install -y python3-devel python3-pip python3-venv
Fedora
sudo dnf install -y python3-devel python3-pip python3-venv
Fedora
sudo dnf install -y python3-devel python3-pip python3-venv
Fedora
sudo dnf install -y python3-devel python3-pip python3-venv
OpenSUSE
sudo zypper install -y python3-devel python3-pip python3-wheel
Ubuntu
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
Ubuntu
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
Ubuntu
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
Ubuntu
sudo apt install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv
You can check your Python 3 installation using:
python3 --version
python3 -c "import platform; print(platform.architecture()[0])"
python3 -m pip --version
Installing OR-Tools
Assuming the prerequisite software is installed on your Linux, take the following steps:
python -m pip install -U --user ortools
Or, to install it system wide:
sudo python -m pip install -U ortools
Uninstalling OR-Tools
To uninstall OR-Tools, issue the following commands:
python -m pip uninstall ortools
Validate your installation
To test your Python installations, open a terminal window. Then enter the following command:
python3 -c "import ortools; print(ortools.__version__)"
If it runs successfully, you are ready to get started with OR-Tools.