Supported Platforms
Nlview and other Altair software is available for certain
combinations of processor hardware and operating systems. Here is the
definition of Platform keys (Release Directories) that is used in
other document pages to refer to certain CPU/OS combinations.
| Release Directory | OS | CPU | Requires | FlexNet 5) ≥ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| win32 | Windows ≥ XP | Intel | x86 | ILP32 | VS2008 redist 1) | 11.13.1.3 |
| win64 | x86_64 | P64 | VS2013 redist 2) | |||
| win64_vc14 | VS2017 redist 3) | 11.16.3 | ||||
| linux.x86 linux.x86_tls 4) |
Linux | Intel | x86 | ILP32 | glibc ≥ 2.5 | 11.13.1.3 |
| linux.x86_64 linux.x86_64_tls4) |
x86_64 | LP64 | ||||
| linux.ppc64le linux.ppc64le_tls 4) |
IBM | PowerPC LE (Power8) | LP64 | glibc ≥ 2.17 | - | |
| linux.aarch64 linux.aarch64_tls 4) |
ARM | ARMv8 | LP64 | glibc ≥ 2.28 | 11.16.3 | |
| linux.armv7 | ARM | ARMv7 | ILP32 | - | ||
1)
requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable on Windows versions
before 8
2)
requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 on
Windows versions before 10
3)
requires Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017
4)
The shipped binary code is compiled with thread-local-storage (tls) support - requires linking against the platform's thread library.
5)
The "FlexNet" software is not required for Nlview with customer key-based
license models.