IDL has the following system requirements:
- Operating systems:
- Windows 10 and 11 (Intel/AMD 64-bit)
- macOS 12, 13, and 14 (Intel 64-bit (x86_64) and M-series (arm64))
- Linux (Intel/AMD 64-bit, kernel 4.18.0 or higher and glibc 2.28 or higher)
- Disk space: Approximately 4 GB for installation
- Memory (RAM): Minimum of 8 GB*
- Number of processing cores: Minimum of 2, recommended 4 or more
An X-Windows manager is required for macOS. IDL was tested using XQuartz 2.8.5 on an M1 chipset.
* Most image display and processing capabilities in IDL have been designed to work with minimal amounts of system RAM. Having a lot of RAM can help to avoid occasional memory allocation problems, especially with large datasets. Tests have shown that 8 GB of RAM is adequate for most tasks run using the latest versions of IDL. However, if you anticipate working with very large datasets, or if you are building custom applications with ENVI+IDL code, then you may consider adding more RAM to your system.
IDL Feature Support
The following table indicates which platforms support the corresponding feature. IDL technologies not listed in this table are assumed to work on all platforms.
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Feature |
Windows 64-bit |
Mac 64-bit |
Linux 64-bit |
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COM Object–Export (Export Bridge Assistant)
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• |
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| COM Import (IDLcomIDispatch) |
• |
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| Dark Mode Theme for Widgets |
• |
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DataMiner |
• |
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• |
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DICOM Network Services
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• |
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DICOM Read/Write (IDLffDicomEx)
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• |
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DICOM Read (IDLffDICOM)
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• |
• |
• |
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Internationalization (I18N_*) conversion routines
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• |
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IDL Advanced Math and Stats (IMSL Numerical Library)
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• |
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• |
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MrSID (IDLffMrSID)
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• |
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Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs)
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• |
• |
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WIDGET_BROWSER |
• |
• |
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