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Add tips in doc to install minzinc easily in a terminal (works on cloud)
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nhuet authored and g-poveda committed Nov 18, 2022
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Expand Up @@ -8,6 +8,54 @@ You need to install [minizinc](https://www.minizinc.org/) (version greater than
so that it can be found by Python.
See [minizinc documentation](https://www.minizinc.org/doc-latest/en/installation.html) for more details.

> **Tip:** You can easily install minizinc from the command line which can be useful when on cloud.
> In order to make life easier to clous users, we reproduce the necessary lines. Pleas be careful that this
> is not an official documentation for minzinc and that the following lines can stop working without notice
> as we do not test them.
#### Linux command line
On a Linux distribution, you can use the bundled [minizinc AppImage](https://www.minizinc.org/doc-latest/en/installation.html#appimage).

If [FUSE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_in_Userspace) is available:
```
mkdir minizinc_install
curl -o minizinc_install/minizinc -L https://github.com/MiniZinc/MiniZincIDE/releases/download/2.6.3/MiniZincIDE-2.6.3-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x minizinc_install/minizinc
export PATH="$(pwd)/minizinc_install/":$PATH
minizinc --version
```
Else, this is still possible by extracting the files:
```
mkdir minizinc_install
cd minizinc_install
curl -o minizinc.AppImage -L https://github.com/MiniZinc/MiniZincIDE/releases/download/2.6.3/MiniZincIDE-2.6.3-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x minizinc.AppImage
./minizinc.AppImage --appimage-extract
cd ..
export PATH="$(pwd)/minizinc_install/squashfs-root/usr/bin/":$PATH
minizinc --version
```

#### MacOs command line
```
mkdir minizinc_install
curl -o minizinc.dmg -L https://github.com/MiniZinc/MiniZincIDE/releases/download/2.6.3/MiniZincIDE-2.6.3-bundled.dmg
hdiutil attach minizinc.dmg
cp -R /Volumes/MiniZinc*/MiniZincIDE.app minizinc_install/.
export PATH="$(pwd)/minizinc_install/MiniZincIDE.app/Contents/Resources":$PATH
minizinc --version
```

#### Windows command line
Works on Windows Server 2022 with bash shell:
```
mkdir minizinc_install
curl -o minizinc_setup.exe -L https://github.com/MiniZinc/MiniZincIDE/releases/download/2.6.3/MiniZincIDE-2.6.3-bundled-setup-win64.exe
cmd //c "minizinc_setup.exe /verysilent /currentuser /norestart /suppressmsgboxes /sp"
export PATH="~/AppData/Local/Programs/MiniZinc":$PATH
minizinc --version
```

### Python 3.7+ environment

The use of a virtual environment is recommended, and you will need to ensure that the environment use a Python version
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