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Re: IDL installation tip for Linux [message #69554 is a reply to message #68952] Thu, 21 January 2010 10:03 Go to previous message
BLemire@ittvis.com is currently offline  BLemire@ittvis.com
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Registered: March 2009
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On Dec 6 2009, 8:28 pm, pp <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Again, I try to install IDL in a clean system (in this caseFedora12), and again I wonder when IDL will have a decent Linux installer
> (preferably using some packaging system), or at least give error
> messages telling why it is not working.
>
> In this particular instance, the symptom was that calling idlde
> results in nothing at first sight: no error messages, no log files, no
> dialogs, no asking for the workspace, just a brief pause before
> returning to the command line. On further inspection, it only creates
> a skeleton  IDLWorkspace71 directory (without ever asking for the
> worskpace to use).
>
> What fixes it for me, which may come useful to some of you, is Adobe
> Reader. Many times I found that installing the Reader with a package
> manager (Adobe has aFedorarepository) gets as dependencies a bunch
> of X libraries, apparently several of which are also used by IDL.

We are running some tests with different OS's (Fedora 12, Ubuntu 9.10,
etc) to develop a Tech Tip to help our customers install and run IDL
on their systems. I was wondering if you did anything else other than
install Adobe to get the IDLDE to work on your Fedora 12
installation. I was wondering if you have seen any strange behavior
with the IDLDE since you got it to properly launch.

Our goal in support is to capture as much information as possible so
that we can review potential solutions to these issues. We currently
have a list of libraries that need to be installed to get the IDLDE to
open without any errors. A library issue that has been reported to
Eclipse is creating some bizarre behavior still. An example of this
behavior is when using the mouse to try and save a newly created
procedure nothing happens. If you click the enter button then the new
file will be saved. We are researching workarounds to enable the
mouse to work as expected. There may be some other issues that we
have not yet run into so we will keep you posted on the progress we
are making.

It is important to us that we provide as much help with the
installation process as possible. Any information that you have feel
will help us do this is welcome.

Best Regards,

Brandon

Brandon Lemire
ITT VIS
IDL Technical Support Engineer

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