The Gurobi Python Interface for Python Users
While the Gurobi installation includes everything you need to use
Gurobi from within Python, we understand that some users would prefer
to use Gurobi from within their own Python environment. Doing so
requires you to install the gurobipy module. The steps for
doing this depend on your platform. On Windows, you can double-click
on the pysetup program in the Gurobi <installdir>/bin
directory. This program will prompt you for the location of your
Python installation; it handles all of the details of the
installation. On Linux or Mac OS, you will need to open a terminal
window, change your current directory to the Gurobi
<installdir> (the directory that contains the file
setup.py), and issue the following command:
python setup.py installUnless you are using your own private Python installation, you will need to run this command as super-user. Once
gurobipy is
successfully installed, you can type import gurobipy or
from gurobipy import * from your Python shell and access all of
the Gurobi classes and methods.
Note that for this installation to succeed, your Python environment
must be compatible with the Gurobi Python module. You should only
install 32-bit Gurobi libraries into a 32-bit Python shell (similarly
for 64-bit versions). In addition, your Python version must be
compatible. With this release, gurobipy can be used with
Python 2.7 or 3.2 on Windows and Linux, and with Python 2.7 on Mac OS.
