# How use SCIP in Windows

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-use-scip-in-windows/20929>\
**Category:** Optimization (Mathematical)\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-use-scip-in-windows/20929 "2019-02-18T11:13:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![muriloasouza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/muriloasouza/32/4650_2.png) [@muriloasouza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/muriloasouza)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-use-scip-in-windows/20929/1 "2019-02-18T11:13:29Z")

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Hello,

Can anyone help in how to install SCIP to use it in Windows through Julia 0.6/JuMP?

I’ve seen some instructions here:

> **[GitHub - jump-dev/AmplNLWriter.jl: Julia interface to AMPL-enabled solvers](https://github.com/jump-dev/AmplNLWriter.jl)**
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> Julia interface to AMPL-enabled solvers. Contribute to jump-dev/AmplNLWriter.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

But only for OS X and Linux, so i have no idea what i need to do to use it in Windows.

I’ve downloaded and extracted the source code that i found here:

[https://scip.zib.de/download.php?fname=scipoptsuite-6.0.1.tgz](https://scip.zib.de/download.php?fname=scipoptsuite-6.0.1.tgz)

What should i do next?

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**Author:** ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-use-scip-in-windows/20929/2 "2019-02-18T11:41:50Z")

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Windows is listed as one on the platforms and there is a 64 bit Windows installer  
[https://scip.zib.de/index.php#platforms](https://scip.zib.de/index.php#platforms)

Me, I would be chicken and install VirtualBox and a Linux VM. Or dual boot Linux.  
I run Windows 10 and Fedora in a dual boot.

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**Author:** ![muriloasouza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/muriloasouza/32/4650_2.png) [@muriloasouza](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/muriloasouza)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-use-scip-in-windows/20929/3 "2019-02-18T11:56:07Z")

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Will that suffice to use SCIP in JuMP? Because from the guide in the AmplNLWriter.jl link i’ve posted before, it says i need to compile some binary files, wich i’m struggling to do (i don’t really know how to use CMD in Windows).

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**Author:** ![odow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/odow/32/28685_2.png) [@odow](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/odow)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-use-scip-in-windows/20929/4 "2019-02-18T14:38:36Z")

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I’ve done this before, but I don’t remember the exact steps. I think I just downloaded and installed SCIP as @johnh suggests.

Then hunt through the install folder to find something called `scipampl.exe` (or similar), and then go `AmplNLSolver("path/to/scipampl.exe")`.