Environment variables

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SHOP requires binaries and a license to work properly. The files can be located in the current working directory or in an other directory. If the binaries and/or the license file is located in a different directory, you need to inform SHOP where to locate the files.

SHOP contains the following environment variables:

SHOP_BINARY_PATH
SHOP_LICENSE_PATH
SHOP_CPLEX_PATH on Windows
SHOP_GUROBI_PATH on Windows
[deprecated] ICC_COMMAND_PATH

`SHOP_BINARY_PATH`¶

The SHOP_BINARY_PATH environment variable specifies the path to the core SHOP solver binaries. If not set, SHOP will look for the binaries in ICC_COMMAND_PATH (if it exists) and then in the current working directory.

`SHOP_CPLEX_PATH` and `SHOP_GUROBI_PATH` on Windows¶

Starting with SHOP 17.15.0, these environment variables on Windows specify the paths to the external optimization solver binaries for CPLEX and GUROBI. If not set, SHOP will look for the external binaries in SHOP_BINARY_PATH and ICC_COMMAND_PATH (if they exist) and then in the current working directory.

`SHOP_LICENSE_PATH`¶

The SHOP_LICENSE_PATH environment variable specifies the path to the licence file. If not set, SHOP will look for the license in ICC_COMMAND_PATH (if it exists) and then in the current working directory.

[deprecated]: `ICC_COMMAND_PATH`¶

This is the old path used to show SHOP where to look for the license and binaries, and is deprecated. Use SHOP_BINARY_PATH, SHOP_CPLEX_PATH/SHOP_GUROBI_PATH and SHOP_LICENSE_PATH instead.

SHOP binaries location priority¶

It is possible to set the required variables both in pyshop and using environment variables. Environment priority is as follows:

If you use pyshop, the inline variables in the ShopSession constructor have the highest priority and will ignore environment variables. E.g:

ShopSession(
    license_path="/license/path",
    solver_path ="/solver/path",
    cplex_path  ="/cplex/path", # On Windows
    gurobi_path ="/gurobi/path" # On Windows
)