title: Installing GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) on Windows
body: <p>This could be an annoying question. But I was hoping someone could provide me with step by step instructions on how to get GLPK up and running on a Windows machine. I have Windows 7 64-bit.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried looking at some instructions on various websites but keep running into problems. I am not very versed in creating directories, working with binaries (e.g. what is a binary), etc.... Even running commands is a little foreign to me. </p>
  
  <p>To get an idea of what kind of detail I need in the instructions, here are some I have tried (and failed) to use:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://winglpk.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://winglpk.sourceforge.net/</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GLPK/Windows" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/GLPK/Windows</a></p>
  
  <p>As you can see, I need something fairly detailed. I have read an example of a GLPK program in action, and I believe that once I get the program up and running I should be able to write the code to use it.</p>
  
  <p>Can anyone help me? I would be so grateful. </p>
  
  <p>EDIT: As a parallel question, I would also be interested in suggestions for other programs that will do the similar things as GLPK, but are more straightforward to install and use.</p>