IDL 8.1 Platform and Feature Support

 

Platform Support for 8.1

Platform	Hardware	Operating System	Supported Versions a
Windows	Intel/AMD x86 32-bit	Windows	XP SP2, Vista, 7
	Intel/AMD x86_64 64-bit		XP, Vista, 7
Macintosh	Intel 32-bit	OS X	10.5.7b, 10.6b
	Intel 64-bit
UNIX	Intel/AMD x86 32-bit	Linux	Kernel 2.6, glibc 2.5 gtk2 version 2.10
	Intel/AMD x86_64 64-bit
	SPARC 32-bit	Solaris	10
	SPARC 64-bit
	Intel/AMD x86_64 64-bit

^a 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 The IDL Workbench on Macintosh OS X requires Java 1.6. The Apple X11 X-Windows manager is required for Macintosh. If X11 is not already installed, install it from the Mac OS X installation disk.

Feature Support for IDL 8.1

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

Feature	Windows		OS X		Linux		Solaris
	Intel 32-bit	Intel 64-bit	Intel 32-bit	Intel 64-bit	Intel 32-bit	Intel 64-bit	SPARC 32-bit	SPARC 64-bit	Intel 64-bit
COM Object Export (via Export Bridge Assistant)	*	*
COM Object Import (IDLcomIDispatch object)	*
DataMiner	*	*			*	*	*	*
DICOM Network Services	*	*			*		*
DICOM Read/Write (IDLffDicomEx object)	*	*			*		*	*
DICOM Read (IDLffDICOM object)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
DXF file format (IDLffDXF object)	*				*		*
GRIB_			*	*	*	*
Internationalization (I18N_*) conversion routines	*	*
IDL Advanced Math and Stats (IMSL Numerical Library)	*		*		*	*	*	*
MrSID (IDLffMrSID)	*
IDL Workbench	*	*	*	*	*	*
Video Write (IDLffVideoWrite)	*	*	*	*	*	*
Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)			*	*	*	*	*	*	*

reviewed 9/5/2014 KK