[Bonmin] Issue installing Bonmin on OS X - executables not generated

[Anthony D. Kelman]

Sure, that should probably be revised to say you need ASL to get the
executable.

On Sep 15, 2016 9:11 AM, <gio.srt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with you, however the installation procedure described here (
> https://projects.coin-or.org/Bonmin/wiki/GettingStarted) says:
>
> …
> 6. make install
> …
> Step 6 Installs the Bonmin library libbonmin,* the bonmin executable*,
> and the required header file to use the Bonmin library.
>
> However, in the ThirdParty installation guide here (
> https://projects.coin-or.org/Bonmin/wiki/ThirdParty) it is written:
>
> optionally ​ASL (the Ampl Solver Library), to be able to use Bonmin from
> Ampl.
>
> which does not mention executables.
>
> Gio
>
>
> On 15 Sep 2016, at 17:57, Anthony D. Kelman <kelman at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> Building the AMPL executable is optional and requires a separate library,
> if your problems aren't in .nl format and you aren't using AMPL then the
> bonmin library alone is enough to use.
>
> On Sep 15, 2016 8:39 AM, <gio.srt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well thanks a lot, needless to say that it worked…I somehow missed that
> step.
> If I may, perhaps it would be helpful to add a warning at the end of the
> configuration to let the user know that the executables will not be
> generated. The fact that every process (configuration, make, installation)
> works smoothly does not make think you forgot to install something.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Giorgio
>
>
> On 15 Sep 2016, at 17:00, Anthony D. Kelman <kelman at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> You need to run ./get.ASL in ThirdParty/ASL before running configure.
>
> On Sep 15, 2016 7:38 AM, <gio.srt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I’m trying to install Bonmin on OS X 10.11. I downloaded Bonmin-1.8.4 and
>> followed all the suggested steps but I encountered a problem during the
>> installation of Ipopt and subsequently Bonmin.
>> The issue is that the executables are not generated even though I don’t
>> get any error and everything seems to work. Libraries are generated
>> correctly and the test scripts - which are calling these libraries from a
>> cpp file - work.
>> Just to be a bit more clear: with both Ipopt and Bonmin the configuration
>> is executed successfully; so are the make, make test and make install.
>> However, I should see a “bin” folder inside the Ipopt directory but it does
>> not exist. Similar story with Bonmin. In this case the “bin” folder exists
>> but contains only the cbc and clp executables while the ipopt and bonmin
>> executables are missing.
>> Since I don’t get any error, it is quite tricky to find out what it is
>> actually going wrong.
>> Does anyone have any idea? Any help would be really appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Giorgio
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