McIDAS-X 2012.2
Supported System Configurations
McIDAS-X 2012.2 is supported on systems running Apple Mac OS X, HP-UX, Microsoft
Windows 7 with SUA or Windows XP with SFU, Red Hat Linux or Sun Solaris.
The section below lists the software versions, by vendor, that McIDAS User
Services tested - and fully supports - McIDAS-X 2012.2 on. In most cases,
you should be able to install and run McIDAS-X 2012.2 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-
* Due to a Tcl/Tk incompatibility with OS X 10.6 and 10.7, the McIDAS-X
GUI, Configuration GUI and ASK1 command are not available/supported on
OS X systems.
** In order to build and install McIDAS-X on Mac OS X, you must install
Xcode Development Tools on your workstation. Xcode Development Tools
is included on the OS install media and is available 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: Microsoft
| Operating System |
Windows 7 Enterprise with Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications (SUA) and SUA Community Complete Toolset |
| Fortran compiler |
g77: 3.3 (packaged with SUA) |
| C compiler |
gcc: 3.3 (packaged with SUA) |
| X Server |
we do not have a specific X server that we recommend for Windows 7; the
two that are used most at SSEC are Xming (packaged with SUA Community Complete
Toolset) and X-Win32; we have encountered problems with both, typically with
cutting and pasting or when using cursor-based commands like CUR, PC or CM;
if you encounter these types of problems you may find
that setting or unsetting the -noXCursor flag in your $HOME/.mcidasrc file
improves performance |
-or-
| Operating System |
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 and Services for UNIX (SFU) 3.5 |
| Fortran compiler |
g77: 3.3 (packaged with SFU 3.5) |
| C compiler |
gcc: 3.3 (packaged with SFU 3.5) |
| X Server |
we do not have a specific X Server that we recommend for XP; we have
tried many, but have encountered problems with all of them, especially when
cutting and pasting; some work better than others; many
people at SSEC use Exceed 6.1.1 (an older version), X-Win32 or MI/X (available
for $25 from www.microimages.com) |
* Because McIDAS-X for XP is a binary package, the
Fortran and C compilers are needed on Windows XP systems only if you do
local development on the workstation.
Vendor: Red Hat
| Operating System |
Enterprise Linux 6.1 Intel |
| Fortran compiler |
gfortran: 4.4.5 |
| C compiler |
gcc: 4.4.5 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Enterprise Linux 6.1 |
-or-
| Operating System |
Enterprise Linux 5.7 Intel |
| Fortran compiler |
gfortran: 4.1.2 |
| C compiler |
gcc: 4.1.2 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Enterprise Linux 5.7 |
-or-
| Operating System |
Enterprise Linux 5.2 PPC |
| Fortran compiler |
gfortran: 4.1.2 |
| C compiler |
gcc: 4.1.2 |
| X Window System |
packaged with Enterprise Linux 5.2 |
* 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: Sun / Oracle
| 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 |
* The Solaris operating system is now maintained by Oracle. SSEC tests on Sun Solaris 10 which was purchased before Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems.
