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Library for Linear and Mixed-Integer Programming. Version 5.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-19.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install glpk

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install glpk

MacPorts ports tree · math/glpk/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add glpk

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · glpk · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%

sudo apt install glpk-doc

Debian stable package indexes · glpk-doc · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%

sudo dnf install glpk

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · glpk · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#glpk

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gl/glpk/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S glpk

Arch Linux sync databases · glpk · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install glpk

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · glpk · source: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverified · 92%

choco install glpk

Chocolatey community package catalog · glpk · source: community.chocolatey.org

overview

Package summary

Library for Linear and Mixed-Integer Programming

Project links

Commands and aliases

glpsol

history

Project history and usage

GLPK, the GNU Linear Programming Kit, is a GNU Project library and solver suite for large-scale linear programming, mixed-integer programming, and related optimization problems.

Project history

The GNU FTP archive shows GLPK tarballs dating back to the 1.x line in 2000 and rapid 2.x and 3.x releases in 2001 and 2002. The 5.0 source package identifies GLPK as part of the GNU Project and describes it as ANSI C routines organized as a callable library.

GLPK evolved around a small but durable solver toolkit: primal simplex, dual simplex, exact rational simplex, primal-dual interior point, branch-and-cut, an API, the GNU MathProg modeling language, and the glpsol standalone solver. The 5.0 NEWS file records a long release history through the 4.x series before the 5.0 release in 2020.

Adoption history

GLPK's adoption is strongest in academic, operations-research, reproducible-build, and scripting settings where a GPL solver can be installed from ordinary system package managers. Homebrew, Debian and Ubuntu package names, MacPorts, Nix, Pacman, Chocolatey, and other package-manager records show broad distribution.

How it is used

Practitioners use GLPK as a C library from applications or through glpsol for command-line solving. Typical inputs include MathProg models, LP files, MPS files, and mixed-integer models, with outputs used for teaching, prototyping, batch optimization jobs, and integration tests for modeling layers.

Why package nerds care

GLPK is important to package maintainers because it gives a complete optimization stack as portable C source plus a CLI solver. It is often the default free solver dependency that higher-level modeling tools can detect before users install commercial or heavier open-source solvers.

Timeline

2000: glpk-1.1.1 appeared in the old GNU FTP archive.
2001: GLPK 2.x and 3.0 tarballs appeared in the old GNU FTP archive.
2017: GLPK 4.61 added support for building a re-entrant package for multithreaded environments.
2018: GLPK 4.65 added LP/MIP preprocessing API routines and cover-cut work.
2020: GLPK 5.0 was released and copyright was transferred to the Free Software Foundation.

Related projects

GLPK is related to GNU MathProg, AMPL-style model files, MPS and CPLEX LP interchange formats, and higher-level optimization packages that call external LP/MIP solvers.

Sources

security posture

Risk level: green

library-like package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

library-like package without higher-risk signals

Signals

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Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.

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executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`glpsol`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

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page generated2026-07-08

manager version5.0

manager updated2026-06-19

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

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install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:glpk
Version	5.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glpk
Homepage	https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/
Upstream docs	https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Source archive	https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/glpk/glpk-5.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-19T12:31:20-07:00
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	gmp
Bottle	available (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

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Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	glpk
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

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Debian apt95%

glpk-doc 5.0-1

linear programming kit - documentation files

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install glpk-doc

Section: doc
Architecture: all
Source Package: glpk
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: glpk-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

glpk-utils 5.0-1+b2

linear programming kit - utility files

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install glpk-utils

Section: math
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: glpk
2 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: glpk-utils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libglpk-dev 5.0-1+b2

linear programming kit - development files

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install libglpk-dev

Section: libdevel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: glpk
4 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libglpk-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libglpk40 5.0-1+b2

linear programming kit with integer (MIP) support

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install libglpk40

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: glpk
6 dependencies
2 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libglpk40 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

glpk

nix profile install nixpkgs#glpk

normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gl/glpk/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

glpk-doc 5.0-1build2

linear programming kit - documentation files

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install glpk-doc

Section: universe/doc
Architecture: all
Source Package: glpk
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: glpk-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

glpk-utils 5.0-1build2

linear programming kit - utility files

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install glpk-utils

Section: universe/math
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: glpk
2 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: glpk-utils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libglpk-dev 5.0-1build2

linear programming kit - development files

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install libglpk-dev

Section: universe/devel
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: glpk
4 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libglpk-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libglpk40 5.0-1build2

linear programming kit with integer (MIP) support

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo apt install libglpk40

Section: universe/math
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: glpk
6 dependencies
2 optional deps
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libglpk40 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

glpk 5.0-r3

GLPK: For solving linear and mixed integer programming and other problems

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

sudo apk add glpk

License: GPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: glpk
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glpk from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

glpk-dev 5.0-r3

GLPK: For solving linear and mixed integer programming and other problems (development files)

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

sudo apk add glpk-dev

License: GPL-3.0-only
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: glpk
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: glpk-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

glpk 5.0-16.fc44

GNU Linear Programming Kit

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

sudo dnf install glpk

License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: glpk
8 dependencies
3 provides
normalized package name match
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Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: glpk from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

glpk-devel 5.0-16.fc44

Development headers and files for GLPK

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

sudo dnf install glpk-devel

License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: i686
Source Package: glpk
2 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: glpk-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

dnf95%

glpk-doc 5.0-16.fc44

Documentation for glpk

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

sudo dnf install glpk-doc

License: GFDL-1.3-or-later AND OFL-1.1-RFN AND Knuth-CTAN AND GPL-1.0-or-later AND LPPL-1.3a
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: glpk
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

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dnf95%

glpk-utils 5.0-16.fc44

GLPK-related utilities and examples

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/

sudo dnf install glpk-utils

License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: glpk
5 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

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pacman95%

glpk 5.0-3

GNU Linear Programming Kit: solve LP, MIP and other problems

https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

sudo pacman -S glpk

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
2 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Glpk

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