IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux has been tested on a variety of systems running Red Hat Linux versions 6.0 and 6.1 and with several vendors' graphics accelerators. The software is understood to be functional with any Linux distribution (including SGI Linux, Red Hat, Linux-Mandrake, SuSE, Caldera OpenLinux, Debian, and others) with the following dependencies:
glibc version 2.1.1
XFree86 version 3.3.3.1
OpenGL or equivalent
Motif or equivalent
If you need to download any of the required software above, refer to the online IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux FAQ for instructions:
http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/linux-faq.html#5
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IRIS Performer for Linux requires the following hardware:
200MHz Pentium-class CPU or better
48MB RAM or greater (memory requirements vary with database size)
1024x768 video resolution with 64K colors or better
Note: IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux operates on Pentium-based Linux systems only.
IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux is available in three common packaging formats:
RPM
Red Hat Package Management Format for systems running Red Hat Linux version 6.0 or 6.1.
DEB
Debian installation format for systems running Debian Linux.
TGZ
GNU-compressed tar format for other Linux systems.
Choose the packaging format corresponding to the distribution of Linux installed on your system.
Ensure that you have the software listed as dependencies already installed on your system.
See the prior section “Dependencies and Supported Platforms”.
Download or copy the IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux distribution into a temporary location, such as /usr/tmp.
Note: In some cases, the installation tools for certain Linux distributions will prevent you from loading IRIS Performer 2.3 until the dependencies are already present on your system. Log in as root.
As root, execute this command:
rpm -Uvh /usr/tmp/performer_*-2.3linux-1999112102.i386.rpm
(Replace /usr/tmp with the temporary location where you stored the files.)
You may now archive or delete the temporary files.
Your installation is complete.
Ensure that you have the software listed as dependencies already installed on your system.
See the prior section “Dependencies and Supported Platforms”.
Download or copy the IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux distribution into a temporary location, such as /usr/tmp.
Note: In some cases, the installation tools for certain Linux distributions will prevent you from loading IRIS Performer 2.3 until the dependencies are already present on your system. Log in as root.
As root, execute the following commands in order:
dpkg --install /usr/tmp/performer-eoe_2.3linux-1999112102_i386.deb dpkg --install /usr/tmp/performer-dev_2.3linux-1999112102_i386.deb dpkg --install /usr/tmp/performer-demos_2.3linux-1999112102_i386.deb
(Replace /usr/tmp with the temporary location where you stored the files.)
You may now archive or delete the temporary files.
Your installation is complete.
Ensure that you have the software listed as dependencies already installed on your system.
See the prior section “Dependencies and Supported Platforms”.
Download or copy the IRIS Performer 2.3 for Linux distribution into a temporary location, such as /usr/tmp.
Note: In some cases, the installation tools for certain Linux distributions will prevent you from loading IRIS Performer 2.3 until the dependencies are already present on your system. Log in as root.
As root, execute the following commands in order:
cd / tar xzvf /usr/tmp/performer_eoe-2.3linux-1999112102.tgz tar xzvf /usr/tmp/performer_dev-2.3linux-1999112102.tgz tar xzvf /usr/tmp/performer_demos-2.3linux-1999112102.tgz
(Replace /usr/tmp with the temporary location where you stored the files.)
You may now archive or delete the temporary files.
Your installation is complete.