McIDAS-X 2009.1
Supported System Configurations
McIDAS-X 2009.1 is supported on systems running Apple Mac OS X, HP-UX, IBM AIX, Microsoft Windows XP with Services for Unix,
Red Hat Linux, SGI IRIX or Sun Solaris.
The section below lists the software versions, by vendor, that McIDAS User
Services tested - and fully supports - McIDAS-X 2009.1 on. In most cases,
you should be able to install and run McIDAS-X 2009.1 on workstations running
later editions in the same version series (e.g., if McIDAS-X is tested and
supported on version 1.2.1, then versions 1.2.2, 1.2.3,
etc. are also likely to work correctly). However, please keep in mind that
McIDAS User Services is very limited in its ability to acquire and test versions
other than those below and thus is limited in its ability to assist in troubleshooting
problems that occur with other versions.
Vendor: Apple
-or-
* In order to build and install McIDAS-X on Mac OS X 10.5.6, you must install
Xcode Development Tools 3.0 on your workstation. Xcode Development Tools 3.0
is included on the OS install media and is available as a free download from
http://developer.apple.com.
Vendor: HP
| Operating System |
HP-UX 11.11 |
| Fortran compiler |
vendor: HP Fortran 90 version 3.1 |
| C compiler |
vendor: HP C/ANSI C 11.11.16 |
| X Window System |
packaged with HP-UX 11.11 |
Vendor: IBM
| Operating System |
AIX 5L version 5.3.3 |
| Fortran compiler |
vendor: XLF 8.1.0 -or- g77: 3.4.4 |
| C compiler |
vendor: XLC 6.0 -or- gcc: 3.4.4 |
| X Window System |
AIXwindows 5.3.3 |
Vendor: Microsoft
| Operating System |
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 and Services for Unix 3.5 |
| Fortran compiler |
packaged with Services for Unix 3.5 |
| C compiler |
packaged with Services for Unix 3.5 |
| X Server |
we currently do not have a single X Server that we recommend; we have tried many, but have run into problems when cutting and pasting in McIDAS; some X Servers work better than others but we have not found any one that works flawlessly; here at SSEC, many people use Exceed 6.1.1 (an older version), X-Win32 5.4 or MicroImages X Server 4.2.3 (this one seems to work quite well; it's available for $25 from www.microimages.com) |
* Because the McIDAS-X package for Windows is a binary package, the Fortran and C compilers are needed only if you do local development on the workstation.
Vendor: Red Hat
| Operating System |
Enterprise Linux WS 4.0 |
| Fortran compiler |
g77: 3.4.6 |
| C compiler |
gcc: 3.4.6 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Enterprise Linux WS 4.0 |
-or-
| Operating System |
Enterprise Linux WS 5.3 |
| Fortran compiler |
gfortran: 4.1.2 |
| C compiler |
gcc: 4.1.2 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Enterprise Linux WS 5.3 |
* We recommend that you use the GNOME desktop environment. Other desktops,
such as KDE, may not display the McIDAS-X windows correctly.
** Enterprise Linux does not install the compress utility
by default. So you must install compress if you
will be configuring your Enterprise Linux workstation as an ADDE remote server.
Vendor: SGI
|
| Operating System |
IRIX 6.5.21 |
| Fortran compiler |
vendor: SGI Fortran 77 7.4.2 -or- g77:
3.3.2 |
| C compiler |
vendor: ANSI C 7.4.2 -or- gcc: 3.3.2 |
| X Window System |
packaged with IRIX 6.5.21 |
Vendor: Sun
| Operating System |
Solaris 10 OS SPARC Platform Edition |
| Fortran compiler |
vendor: Sun Studio 11 -or- g77: 3.4.6 |
| C compiler |
vendor: Sun Studio 11 -or- gcc: 3.4.6 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Solaris 10 |
- or -
| Operating System |
Solaris 10 OS x86 Platform Edition |
| Fortran compiler |
g77: 3.4.6 |
| C compiler |
gcc: 3.4.6 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Solaris 10 |
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