7.1 Software and hardware requirements

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7.1 Software and hardware requirements

An overview of system requirements is provided in System requirements on AIX. The sections that follow discuss any relevant details.

System requirements on AIX
Hardware Requirements	Software Requirements
160MB (180MB) of disk space for 32-bit (64-bit) LispWorks plus documentation	AIX 6.1 or higher.
Processor: POWER4 or later.	GTK+ 2 (version 2.4 or higher) to run the GTK+ GUI. Open Motif 2.1.30 and Imlib2 version 1.4.9 or later to run the deprecated Motif GUI
Any modern machine is likely to have sufficient RAM to run LispWorks as distributed.	Firefox or Opera web browser for viewing on-line documentation

7.1.1 GUI libraries

LispWorks 7.1 for AIX requires that the X11 release 6 (or higher) is installed.

LispWorks 7.1 also requires that either GTK+ or Open Motif with Imlib2 are installed.

The remainder of this section contains the details for each of these distinct GUI options.

7.1.1.1 GTK+

In order for the LispWorks IDE to run "out of the box", GTK+ must be installed on the target machine.

GTK+ 2 (version 2.4 or higher) is required.

7.1.1.2 Motif

Open Motif version 2.1.30 or higher is required to run LispWorks with the Motif GUI.

You will also need Imlib2 version 1.4.9 or later.

7.1.2 Disk requirements

32-bit LispWorks requires about 160MB to install, and 64-bit LispWorks needs 180MB. This includes 110MB of documentation.

The documentation includes printable PDF format manuals. You may delete any of these that you do not need. They are available at www.lispworks.com/documentation in any case, and the same manuals are also available there in PostScript format.

LispWorks Release Notes and Installation Guide - 19 Oct 2017