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Platform and Feature Support for ENVI 5.5 and IDL 8.7

This help article lists the supported platforms for ENVI 5.5 and IDL 8.7.

ENVI 5.5 Platform Support

Platform Hardware Operating System Supported Versions

Windows

Intel/AMD 64-bit

Windows

7 SP1, 8, 10

Macintosh

Intel 64-bit

OS X

10.10, 10.11

Linux

Intel/AMD 64-bit

Linux

Kernel 2.6.32, glibc 2.12


Supported versions indicate that ENVI was either built on (the lowest version listed) or tested on that version. You can install and run ENVI on other versions that are binary-compatible with those listed.

The 64-bit Windows installer contains 32-bit binaries so that you can launch ENVI in 32-bit mode on 64-bit Windows systems. This ensures interoperability with ArcGIS. You can find the 32-bit versions of ENVI in the ENVI x.x program group under Start > Programs > ENVI x.x > ENVI for ArcGIS and Tools > ENVI Classic x.x (32-bit), where x.x is the software version.

An X-Windows manager is required for Macintosh. ENVI was tested using XQuartz 2.7.11.

For optimal performance, your video card should have a minimum of 1 GB RAM and should support OpenGL 2.0 or later. Also be sure to install the latest drivers for your video card.

ENVI Help requires an HTML5-compatible browser.


ENVI 5.5 Feature Support

The following table indicates which platforms support the corresponding feature. ENVI features not listed in this table are assumed to work on all supported platforms.

Feature Windows Mac OS X Linux
32-bit 64-bit 64-bit 64-bit

Connecting and saving to a geodatabase a, b

 

 

 

FLAASH® c

 

Chip to ArcMap™ software a, b

 

 

 

Chip to Print Layout view a, b

 

 

 

Chip to PowerPoint®

 

 

Generate Point Clouds and DSM by Dense Image Matching d

 

 

 

LiDAR e

 

Map Layout view (File > Printa, b

 

 

 

NITF/NSIF Module

 

Reading OGC GeoPackage files

 

 

Reference Map Link

 

 

Rigorous Orthorectification d

 

 

RPC Orthorectification Using DSM from Dense Image Matching d

 

 

 

Send files to ArcMap™ software a, b

 

 

 

Reading ECW files a

 

 

 

Reading MrSID files

 

THOR Tools

 

 


a Windows users: these functions only run in 32-bit mode. If you have a 64-bit PC and you want to use these functions, run ENVI in 32-bit mode from the Windows Start menu.

b Supported on ArcGIS® for Desktop 10.4 and 10.5.

c FLAASH® is included with the Atmospheric Correction Module, which requires a separate license. The QUick Atmospheric Correction (QUAC) tool is also included with the module and runs on all platforms that ENVI supports.

d Requires a separate license for the ENVI Photogrammetry Module.

e Supported through the ENVI API only. The ENVI LiDAR user interface is not available on Linux.

IDL 8.7 Platform Support

Platform Hardware Operating System Supported Versions
Windows Intel/AMD 64-bit Windows 7 SP1, 8, 10
Macintosh Intel 64-bit OS X 10.10, 10.11
Linux Intel/AMD 64-bit Linux Kernel 2.6.32, glibc 2.12

IDL Feature Support

The following table indicates which platforms support the corresponding feature. IDL technologies not listed in this table are assumed to work on all platforms.

Feature Windows Mac OS X Linux
32-bit Intel 64-bit Intel 64-bit Intel 64-bit

COM Object-Export (Export Bridge Assistant)

 

 

COM Object-Import (IDLcomIDispatch)

 

 

 

DataMiner

 

DICOM Network Services

 

 

DICOM Read/Write (IDLffDicomEx)

 

 

DICOM Read (IDLffDICOM)

DXF file format (IDLffDXF)

 

 

 

GRIB_* routines

Internationalization (I18N_*) conversion routines

 

 

IDL Advanced Math and Stats (IMSL Numerical Library)

 

IDL Task Engine

IDL Workbench

JPIP (IDLnetJPIP)

MPEG (IDLgrMPEG)

MrSID (IDLffMrSID)

 

 

 

Python Bridge

Video Read (IDLffVideoRead)

Video Write (IDLffVideoWrite)

Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)