Using the GNU Data Language (GDL) on Windows in a VMware Linux Environment

Author: Merrick Berg
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Last modified on: 20 February 2007
 

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• What is GDL?

  GDL is a free IDL (Interactive Data Language) compatible incremental compiler. IDL is a registered trademark of ITT Visual Information Solutions Inc. For more information please visit the GDL homepage.

  This page describes installing GDL in Fedora Linux on a VMWare Player.  An easier setup uses Ubuntu Linux - please see SSWGDL Installation on Ubuntu 10.04 using VMWARE Player.
   

• What is VMware?

  VMware is software that creates a "virtualized machine" computing environment between the computer platform and its operating system, so that the user can operate software (in our case GDL) on an abstract machine. Currently, a version of GDL does not exist that can be installed for Windows. VMware will allow you to run GDL inside a Linux virtual machine environment on Windows platforms. For more information please visit the VMware homepage.
   

• VMware Player Installation
   
• Configuration
   
• Running Linux on the VMware Player
   
• Communicating with the Host Operating System
   
• Connecting to the Internet
   
• Compiling GDL
   
• Useful Commands
   
• Troubleshooting Problems

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