Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado
lc1bocv1@cine88.cineca.it writes: > Have anyone istalled IDL on Solaris 2.x ? > I ask this because i have version 3.0 for SUN, > in floppy disk distribution format, but i can't > un-tar these anyway. The installation guide that i received > (version 2) to a 'bar' command, no more > supported by Solaris 2.x Any other command i've tried, > such as tar, cpio, dd doesn't help me. > The tar command report a 'directory checksum error'. > Any suggestion is very appreciated. > Thank in advances. > Fabrizio Ravegnani > CNR Fisbat Institute My understanding is that there is a separate interim release of IDL for Solaris 2.x. I believe it's called IDL v3.0.2 or something like that. I believe the same is true for OpenVMS for the Alpha. Bill Thompson