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 Download and installation
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-Version 2.6.0 of NLopt is the latest version available from GitHub:
+Version 2.6.1 of NLopt is the latest version available from GitHub:
 
--   [v2.6.0.tar.gz](https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/v2.6.0.tar.gz)
+-   [v2.6.1.tar.gz](https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/v2.6.1.tar.gz)
 
 See the [NLopt release notes](https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/blob/master/NEWS.md) for the release history. NLopt is designed to be installed on any Unix-like system (GNU/Linux is fine) with a C compiler, using the standard