Description

Linpacker is a scientific tool for studying rectangle packings. It provides a gui and some algorithms for this purpose.

The problem is the following : put a number of small rectangles into a rectangular container optimally. The container has a fixed width, but no fixed height (also known as a 2D bin packing problem).

Download

Linpacker requires Qt 4.2 or above to run properly.

The latest linpacker (0.7 - 12-12-2006) is here.

A good way for trying the latest linpacker without having to compile
it is by using the program klik:

(not as root)
wget klik.atekon.de/client/install -O -|sh
klik://linpacker-qt4included


There is also a Debian package for Sarge Qt 4.2 needs to be installed manually

For those who, for one reason or another cannot run linpacker, a library is also provided (10-10-2004).

Install

./waf configure
./waf
./waf --exe