# Install clp with Homebrew

Linear programming solver. Version 1.17.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:clp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install clp
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:clp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.17.11
- **Source summary:** Linear programming solver
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/coin-or/Clp>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/coin-or/Clp>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:37:38+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- clp (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.17.11
## Project history and usage

Clp, the COIN-OR Linear Programming solver, is an open source C++ solver for linear optimization problems.

### Project history

The official README expands Clp as Coin-or linear programming and describes it as an open source linear programming solver maintained under the COIN-OR Foundation.

Clp is primarily a callable library, but the project also ships a standalone `clp` executable. Its solver features include primal and dual simplex algorithms, a barrier method, sparse and specialized matrix storage support, and configurable pivot choices.

### Adoption history

The upstream README documents broad distribution through Linux distributions, FreeBSD, Homebrew, conda, Docker images for the COIN-OR Optimization Suite, GitHub release assets, and older COIN-OR binary archives.

That packaging spread reflects Clp's role as infrastructure for optimization users who need a solver available through normal system-package channels as well as from source.

### How it is used

Users can call Clp as a C++ library or invoke the `clp` executable to read optimization problem files, run primal or dual simplex, execute unit tests, and try Netlib problem sets.

The README recommends `coinbrew` for fetching and building Clp with its COIN-OR dependencies, while expert users can still build from a cloned repository with configure, make, test, and install.

### Why package nerds care

Clp is package-nerd relevant because it is both a command-line tool and a linkable numerical library, with solver dependencies and optional binary functionality that vary across platforms.

It sits in the small but important class of scientific packages where Homebrew, Debian, conda, FreeBSD, Docker, and source builds all serve different user communities.

### Timeline

- 2019: GitHub releases include Clp 1.17.2 and 1.17.3.
- 2020: Clp 1.17.6 was published on GitHub.
- 2023: Clp 1.17.9 was published on GitHub.
- 2020s: The README documents distribution through system packages, Homebrew, conda, Docker, GitHub releases, and COIN-OR archives.

### Related projects

- COIN-OR Foundation is the umbrella organization for Clp.
- coinbrew is the recommended helper for fetching and building Clp and its COIN-OR dependencies.
- COIN-OR Optimization Suite is the related Docker distribution referenced by the README.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/coin-or/Clp#readme>
- <https://coin-or.github.io/Clp>
- <https://github.com/coin-or/Clp/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clp.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/clp.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation