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IDL Hardware and Operating System Requirements

Platform	Hardware	Operating System	Supported Versions ^a
Windows	Intel/AMD 32-bit Intel/AMD 64-bit	Windows	7, 8, 10 7, 8, 10
Macintosh	Intel 64-bit	OS X	10.9, 10.10 ^b
UNIX	Intel/AMD 64-bit	Linux	Kernel 2.6.32 , glibc 2.12
UNIX	SPARC 64-bit Intel/AMD 64-bit	Solaris	10

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^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 An X-Windows manager is required for Macintosh. IDL was tested using XQuartz 2.7.4.

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