The following table describes the supported platforms and operating systems for IDL 6.1:
On platforms that provide 64-bit support, IDL can be run as either a 32-bit or a 64-bit application. When both versions are installed, the 64-bit version is the default. The 32-bit version can be run by specifying the -32 switch at the command line, as follows:
% idl -32
a The DXF file format and IDL DataMiner are not supported on 64-bit IDL platforms.
b IDL DataMiner is not supported on Mac OS X or Red Hat Enterprise 3.x.
c For UNIX and Mac OS X, the supported versions indicate that IDL was either built on (the lowest version listed) or tested on that version. You can install and run IDL on other versions that are binary compatible with those listed.
d IDL 6.1 was built on the Linux 2.4 kernel with glibc 2.2 using Red Hat Linux. If your version of Linux is compatible with these, it is possible that you can install and run IDL on your version.
e IDLffDicomEx is supported on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and SPARC 32-bit Solaris.
f For Red Hat Enterprise users: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++ compatibility libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries are already installed, issue the following command:
rpm -qa | grep compat
and look for compat-libstdc++-<version_number>. If this is not listed, install the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your installation CD-ROMs).
The following table describes the software requirements for IDL 6.1:
|
Platform
|
Software Requirements
|
|---|---|
|
Windows
|
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher.
|
|
Macintosh
|
Apple X11 X-Windows manager
|
The following table describes the supported platforms and operating systems for ION 6.1:
a For UNIX, the supported versions indicate that ION was either built on the lowest version listed or tested on that version. You can install and run ION on other versions that are binary compatible with those listed.
b ION 6.1 was built on the Linux 2.4 kernel with glibc 2.2 using Red Hat Linux. If your version of Linux is compatible with these, it is possible that you can install and run ION 6.1 on your version.
c For Red Hat Enterprise users: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++ compatibility libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries are already installed, issue the following command:
rpm -qa | grep compat
and look for compat-libstdc++-<version_number>. If this is not listed, install the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your installation CD-ROMs).
In order to use ION, you must install an HTTP Web server. ION has been tested with the following Web server software:
If you do not already have Web server software, the IDL 6.1 CD-ROM contains the following Apache Web Server software:
| Note |
ION 6.1 supports the HTTP 1.0 protocol. The following are provided as examples of popular Web browsers that support HTTP 1.0:
Browsers differ in their support of HTML features. As with any Web application, you should test your ION Script or Java application using Web browsers that anyone accessing your application is likely to be using.
The following are provided as examples of popular Web browsers that are shipped with the required JVMs:
Browsers differ in their support of Java features. As with any Web application, you should test your ION Java application using Web browsers that anyone accessing your application is likely to be using.
IDL now supports the use of Java objects. You can access Java objects within your IDL code using the IDL-Java bridge, a built-in feature of IDL 6.1. The IDL-Java bridge enables you to take advantage of special Java I/O, networking, and third party functionality.
The IDL-Java bridge is installed by default in a standard IDL installation. See the External Development Guide manual for details.
The following table describes the platforms and operating systems for the IDL-Java bridge:
On platforms that provide 64-bit support, IDL can be run as either a 32-bit or a 64-bit application. When both versions are installed, the 64-bit version is the default. The 32-bit version can be run by specifying the -32 switch at the command line, as follows:
% idl -32
a For UNIX and Mac OS X, the supported versions indicate that IDL was either built on (the lowest version listed) or tested on that version. You can install and run IDL on other versions that are binary compatible with those listed.
b IDL 6.1 was built on the Linux 2.4 kernel with glibc 2.2 using Red Hat Linux. If your version of Linux is compatible with these, it is possible that you can install and run IDL on your version.
c For Red Hat Enterprise users: Some functionality in this IDL release requires the libstdc++ compatibility libraries to be installed. To check if the libraries are already installed, issue the following command:
rpm -qa | grep compat
and look for compat-libstdc++-<version_number>. If this is not listed, install the appropriate RPM for your distribution (from your installation CD-ROMs).
IDL supports version 1.3.1 and greater on all platforms with the following exceptions: