Setting Up CPLEX

You install ILOG CPLEX in two steps: first, transfer the files from the distribution medium (a CD or an FTP site) into a directory on your local file system; then activate your license.

At that point, all of the features of CPLEX become functional and are available to you. The chapters that follow this one provide tutorials in the use of each of the Technologies that CPLEX provides: the Concert Technology Tutorials for C++ and Java users, and the Callable Library Tutorial for C and other languages.

This chapter provides guidelines for:

• Installing CPLEX
• Setting Up Licensing
• Using the Component Libraries

  Please read these instructions in their entirety before beginning the installation. Remember that most CPLEX distributions will operate correctly only on the specific platform and operating system version for which they are designed. If you upgrade your operating system, you may need to obtain a new CPLEX distribution.