| Re: "idl___ is not available for this system (solaris2.x86_64) [message #67126] |
Tue, 07 July 2009 12:52  |
Foldy Lajos
Messages: 268
Registered: October 2001
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, JJ wrote:
> I also posted this at the user forums at ittvis.com (http://
> www.ittvis.com/UserCommunity/UserForums/tabid/58/forumid/27/ threadid/8734/scope/posts/Default.aspx)
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> I recently installed idl 7.1 on our new Sun machine running Solaris
> 10.
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>> uname -a
> SunOS **** 5.10 Generic_138889-08 i86pc i386 i86pc
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> When I run idl in command-line mode, everything seems to work fine
>
>> idl
> IDL Version 7.1, Solaris (sunos x86_64 m64). (c) 2009, ITT Visual
> Information Solutions
> ...
> IDL>
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> But the other idl tools (idlde, help) do not seem to work.
>
>> idlde
> idlde is not available for this system (solaris2.x86_64)
>> idlhelp
> idlhelp is not available for this system (solaris2.x86_64)
>> idlman
> idlman is not available for this system (solaris2.x86_64)
>> idldemo
> The IDL Demos have not been installed. Please consult the
> installation guide for instructions on installing the demos.
>
> It looks like I can run "demo" successfully from inside IDL, but if I
> try to get help from the command-line IDL by typing something like "?
> print" I get
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> % ONLINE_HELP: Starting the online help browser.
> "idlhelp is not available for this system (solaris2.x86_64)".
>
> I've installed IDL many times on many other platforms (solaris8 sparc,
> various flavors of linux, mac OSX, even windows) and never had much
> trouble - the IDL install is pretty straight-forward. What am I
> missing here? Are these tools really not available for this platform?
> That seems unlikely, but I do see that the size of the package I have
> installed is much smaller than those of the other platforms
>
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Microsoft Windows 32-bit (XP SP2, Vista, Intel/AMD
> x86) WINDOWS 289.00
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Microsoft Windows 64-bit (XP, Vista, Intel/AMD
> x86_64) WINDOWS 343.00
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Sun Solaris 2(10 SPARC (32/64-bit)) UNIX 354.00
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Sun Solaris 2(10 Intel/AMD x86_64 (64-bit)) UNIX
> 120.00 (*)
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Mac OS X ? UNIX Install (10.5.1) Intel (32/64-bit)
> and PowerPC (32-bit) MAC 269.00
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Mac OS X Native Install (10.5.1) Intel (32/64-bit)
> and PowerPC (64-bit) MAC 340.00
> IDL & IDL VM 7.1 - Linux (32/64-bit, Intel/AMD x86, x86_64) LINUX
> 362.00
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Jonathan
>
Have you read platform support on the IDL homepage? It says:
SUN Intel/AMD x86_64 64-bit Solaris e, f 10
e The IDL Workbench and Online Help are not supported on Solaris x86
64-bit machines. Documentation is available on the DVD for Solaris x86
platforms.
regards,
lajos
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| Re: "idl___ is not available for this system (solaris2.x86_64) [message #67205 is a reply to message #67126] |
Wed, 08 July 2009 08:35  |
JJ
Messages: 36
Registered: January 2007
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> Have you read platform support on the IDL homepage? It says:
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> SUN Intel/AMD x86_64 64-bit Solaris e, f 10
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> e The IDL Workbench and Online Help are not supported on Solaris x86
> 64-bit machines. Documentation is available on the DVD for Solaris x86
> platforms.
Bummer! Are these features ever likely to be supported on this
platform?
-JJ
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