ucminf

General-Purpose Unconstrained Non-Linear Optimization

v1.2.3 · Apr 2, 2026 · GPL (>= 2)

Description

An algorithm for general-purpose unconstrained non-linear optimization. The algorithm is of quasi-Newton type with BFGS updating of the inverse Hessian and soft line search with a trust region type monitoring of the input to the line search algorithm. The interface of 'ucminf' is designed for easy interchange with 'optim'.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc	OK	19.4s
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang	OK	35.7s
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r-release-macos-x86_64	OK	37s
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WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
This entry point may be removed soon.

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-patched-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
This entry point may be removed soon.

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

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WARNING 9 OK · 4 NOTE · 1 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 20, 2026

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

WARNING r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’
This entry point may be removed soon.

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'ucminf/libs/x64/ucminf.dll':
  Found non-API call to R: 'Rf_findVarInFrame'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

NOTE 13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 16, 2026

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘ucminf/libs/ucminf.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘Rf_findVarInFrame’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (27)

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Version History

updated 1.2.3 ← 1.2.2 diff Apr 2, 2026

new 1.2.2 Mar 10, 2026

updated 1.2.2 ← 1.2.1 diff Jun 23, 2024

updated 1.2.1 ← 1.2.0 diff Dec 12, 2023

updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1-4.3 diff May 28, 2023

updated 1.1-4.3 ← 1.1-4.2 diff May 17, 2023

updated 1.1-4.2 ← 1.1-4.1 diff May 9, 2023

updated 1.1-4.1 ← 1.1-4 diff Sep 28, 2022

updated 1.1-4 ← 1.1-3 diff Aug 17, 2016

updated 1.1-3 ← 1.1-2 diff Jan 6, 2012

updated 1.1-2 ← 1.1-1 diff Jun 1, 2011

updated 1.1-1 ← 1.1-0 diff May 17, 2011

updated 1.1-0 ← 1.0-5 diff Apr 2, 2011

updated 1.0-5 ← 1.0-4 diff Mar 10, 2009

updated 1.0-4 ← 1.0-3 diff Mar 2, 2009

updated 1.0-3 ← 1.0-2 diff Feb 23, 2009

updated 1.0-1 ← 1.0 diff Feb 19, 2009

updated 1.0-2 ← 1.0-1 diff Feb 19, 2009

new 1.0 Feb 2, 2009