The MOSEK Python optimizer API manual Version 7.0 (Revision 141)

Chapter 4
Testing installation and compiling
examples
This chapter describes how to verify that the MOSEK Python API has been installed and works, and
how to run the Python examples distributed with MOSEK.
To use the MOSEK Python API, a working MOSEK installation must be present — see the MOSEK
Installation manual for instructions. Part of this installation are two versions of the Python interface;
one for Python 2.5 and later, and one for the Python 3 series. Note that MOSEK can use onedimensional
arrays from the NumPy package from scipy.org. In case NumPy is not installed, the
MOSEK/Python interface includes a minimal array implementation, mosek.array, that supports the
basic array functionality for a limited number of native types.
A Python installer can be obtained from the official site:
http://www.python.org/
The NumPy package providing arrays and mathematical functionality can be obtained from:
http://numpy.scipy.org/
Note that the architecture of the Python binary and the MOSEK DLL must match: A 32 bit MOSEK
can only be used from a 32 bit Python, and a 64 bit MOSEK can only be used from a 64 bit Python.
The architecture of the Python binary can be checked using the following command:
python -c "print( import (’platform’).architecture())"
4.1 Microsoft Windows platform
MOSEK includes a binary Python that can be used interactively or for running scripts, but if you have
a Python installed on your system you may prefer to use that instead. The MOSEK installer does not
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