Does good_lp work on Windows with CBC? [It does] about good_lp

[Thell]

Hi again! I just wanted to report back that, yes, it can work on windows. A few additions had to be added to the coin_cbc_sys to get the path for the cbc libs and setting the link kind to static but after that it works. Hopefully the pull request for that change will get merged and then good_lp should work on windows with minimal fuss. 👍

[lovasoa]

That should probably be reported to https://github.com/KardinalAI/coin_cbc instead of here

[Thell]

Thanks, will do.
Although, if you do happen to have heard of it working or if you haven't heard of it working, that'd be nice to know too.

[matsujp]

I'm also facing the same issue of not being able to use good_lp on Windows. Could you please share the steps you took to make it work? I would greatly appreciate it!

[Thell]

Unfortunately I can't. When I removed my clone from my account the PR also got removed which had the setup I was able to get working. That was as far as I went on the road to using COIN and good_lp. I ended up using HiGHS for my end solution.

[matsujp]

Thank you for your response! I was able to use good_lp (CBC) on Windows.
By renaming the "libCbcSolver.lib" file in the lib folder of coinor-cbc for Windows to "CbcSolver.lib" and adding the following code to build.rs in coin_cbc_sys, I was able to make it work.

fn main() {
    let _ = pkg_config::probe_library("cbc");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-search= *path_to_CbcSolver.lib* ");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=CbcSolver");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=libCbc");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=libCgl");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=libCoinUtils");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=libClp");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=libOsi");
    println!(r"cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=libOsiClp");
}

[lovasoa]

Good. You should make a PR in coin_cbc_sys!