64-bit IDL and 64-bit IDL

[James Tappin]

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:59:54 -0400
w2naf at aim.com wrote:

WC> Hello.
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WC> I am using IDL (Interactive Data Language) 7.0 on 64-bit Ubuntu
WC> 8.04.  Right now, I can only get IDL to install and run in 32-bit
WC> mode, but I need to have it run in 64-bit mode.
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WC> Does anyone have any experience with this?

The problem is that the script that runs IDL assumes the existence of
/bin/arch which is not present in Debian-based systems. 

Fix:
replace "/bin/arch" with "uname -m" in the driver script.

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