How to install pycutest

InstallingPyCUTEst.md

Installing PyCUTEst

Disclaimer: I wrote the instructions according to my own experience installing this thrice, I can't guarantee it will work out of the box for you

Setup

Choose a new directory to store all the files using:

export OPTDIR=$HOME/Documents/Optimization
mkdir $OPTDIR

Download CUTEst

Go into the new created directory:

cd $OPTDIR

Download ARCHDefs with the command

svn checkout --username anonymous \
  http://ccpforge.cse.rl.ac.uk/svn/cutest/archdefs/trunk ./archdefs

Download SIFDecode with the command

svn checkout --username anonymous \
  http://ccpforge.cse.rl.ac.uk/svn/cutest/sifdecode/trunk ./sifdecode

Download CUTEst, with the command

svn checkout --username anonymous \
  http://ccpforge.cse.rl.ac.uk/svn/cutest/cutest/trunk ./cutest

all in the same directory.

This will produce three sub-directories:

./archdefs
./sifdecode
./cutest

Add Files

Start by adding the following enviromental variables:

export ARCHDEFS="$OPTDIR/archdefs"
export SIFDECODE="$OPTDIR/sifdecode"
export CUTEST="$OPTDIR/cutest"

You shoud posses two different files: pycutestitf.c (here) and pycutestmgr.py (here). And you should move them to the following appropriate locations:

mv pycutestitf.c $CUTEST/src/tools
mkdir $CUTEST/src/python
mv pycutestmgr.py $CUTEST/src/python

Install CUTEst

Install cutest with the command:

cd $CUTEST
$ARCHDEFS/install_optsuite

and follow the instructions

Download Problems Set

Download problem set from: http://www.cuter.rl.ac.uk/Problems/mastsif.shtml and save them on $OPTDIR/sif.

Create Cache

Create a cache file

export PYCUTEST_CACHE="$OPTDIR/cache"
mkdir $PYCUTEST_CACHE

Modify .bashrc

Add the following lines to the file "~/.bashrc":

# *** OPTIMIZATION FILES *** #
export OPTDIR=$HOME/Documents/Optimization  # Change this line accordingly to the path you used

export ARCHDEFS="$OPTDIR/archdefs"
export SIFDECODE="$OPTDIR/sifdecode"
export CUTEST="$OPTDIR/cutest"
export PATH="${SIFDECODE}/bin:${PATH}"
export PATH="${CUTEST}/bin:${PATH}"
export MANPATH="${SIFDECODE}/man:${MANPATH}"
export MANPATH="${CUTEST}/man:${MANPATH}"
export MYARCH="pc.lnx.gfo"  # modify accordingly to your architecture
export MASTSIF="$OPTDIR/sif"

export PYCUTEST="$CUTEST/src/tools"
export PYCUTEST_CACHE="$OPTDIR/cache"
export PYTHONPATH="$PYCUTEST_CACHE:$CUTEST/src/python/"

Reference

CUTEst instalation was done acordingly to the guidelines on https://github.com/optimizers/cutest-mirror

Hi @lahcenelbourkhissi1997. It has been a long time since I did this script (I did it in 2018). So, to be completely sincere, I am not entirely sure what is the problem here... I don't have this fresh in my mind. Sorry for not being more useful

Hi Antonio. Yes, I understand, it is normal. Thank you for your quick response and thanks again for the incredible work you did to make these instructions.