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+# Copyright 2013-2021 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class LpSolve(Package):
+    """lp_solve is a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver."""
+
+    homepage = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/"
+    url      = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/lpsolve/files/lpsolve/5.5.2.11/lp_solve_5.5.2.11_source.tar.gz"
+
+    version('5.5.2.11', sha256='6d4abff5cc6aaa933ae8e6c17a226df0fc0b671c438f69715d41d09fe81f902f')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        with working_dir('lpsolve55'):
+            mkdir(prefix.lib)
+            sh = which('sh')
+            sh('-x', 'ccc')
+            install_tree('bin/ux64', prefix.lib)
+        with working_dir('lp_solve'):
+            mkdir(prefix.bin)
+            sh = which('sh')
+            sh('-x', 'ccc')
+            install_tree('bin/ux64', prefix.bin)
+
+        mkdirp(prefix.include.lpsolve)
+        headers = find('.', '*.h', recursive=False)
+        for header in headers:
+            install(header, prefix.include.lpsolve)