HiGHS Log File Not Found/Created

[jlalbers]

Details for the issue

What did you do?

Modeled a MILP problem with PuLP and attempted to solve with the HiGHS_CMD solver. Defined a basic problem and solver as follows:

import pulp as pl

prob = pl.LpProblem("Name", pl.LpMaximize)
solver = pl.HiGHS_CMD()
...
result = prob.solve(solver)
print(result)

What did you expect to see?

I expected to see the result assigned to result and printed to the command line.

What did you see instead?

I get a FileNotFoundError with the following message:
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/folders/qc/sgm9_xyx4t7c_t01c_1klnkc0000gn/T/df3e5a7bf9d04d15b4bba49ee31da6f5-pulp.HiGHS_log'

I checked the directory and found the equivalent .mps and .HiGHS files, but the HiGHS_log file was not created.

Useful extra information

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What operating system are you using?

• Windows: ( version: ___ )
• Linux: ( distro: ___ )
• Mac OS: ( version: 14.2.1)
• Other: ___

I'm using python version:

• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• Other: 3.12

I installed PuLP via:

• pypi (python -m pip install pulp)
• github (python -m pip install -U git+https://github.com/coin-or/pulp)
• Other: ___ (conda?)

Did you also

• Tried out the latest github version: https://github.com/coin-or/pulp
• Searched for an existing similar issue: https://github.com/coin-or/pulp/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20**

[RicardoEGFSilva]

I'm facing the exact same issue apart from using Windows. Have you found a solution for this problem in the meantime?

[pchtsp]

Thanks for reporting. Unfortunately, I cannot reproduce this error as we do not have HiGHS_CMD in the CI.

Is there any instructions to download and install highs?
Extra points if it's cross-platform and does not require user interaction.

[jlalbers]

@pchtsp for the command line version, you can download a pre-compiled binary or build it from source with CMake:

https://ergo-code.github.io/HiGHS/dev/installation/

[DavideTr8]

Hi! I had the same problem in Linux (Ubuntu) and to me it was solved by running
sudo ldconfig
in the terminal after installing HiGHS.

I don't know for other OS, but maybe this can help someone else with the same issue on Linux