[Package Request] - glpk

[grantmcdermott]

What package is missing from Amazon Linux 2023? Please describe and include package name.

glpk = Gnu Linear Programming Kit

The website is here: https://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html

Is this an update to existing package or new package request?

New request

Is this package available in Amazon Linux 2? If it is available via external sources such as EPEL, please specify.

Yes:

• https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/glpk/glpk/
• https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/glpk/glpk-devel/

Any additional information you'd like to include. (use-cases, etc)

glpk/glpk-devel is a runtime dependency of the igraph R package (see here), which in turn is a dependency of hundreds of other R packages. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/igraph/index.html