Silent installation of CPlex in the dockerfile

[chriscatalyticds]

The Dockerfile states that the installation of CPLEX is interactive, which is true by default, however there is the option to provide a configuration file along with the "silent" command to install non-interactively.

See here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSA5P_12.7.0/ilog.odms.studio.help/Optimization_Studio/topics/td_silent_install.html

Would it be possible to update this repository to include CPLEX in the dockerfile as a silent build? I have already successfully installed CPLEX using this method inside a dockerfile so I know it's possible.

[cdiener]

Sure, that makes sense. Will look into it and also try to add Gurobi support while I'm at it :)

[chriscatalyticds]

@cdiener Just realized there is a conda package https://anaconda.org/IBMDecisionOptimization/cplex

Do you think it would be sufficient to simply install using conda instead of the manual process? That would be an easy update to the dockerfile if so.

[cdiener]

This one is limited to 1000 variables and 1000 constraints and most metabolic models are above that limit...