Operating System Limitations—Linux

ArcGIS Engine-related products are only supported on Linux x86 (that is, on CPUs that adhere to the x86 architecture) with supported Linux releases.

It is a requirement that the OS (binary) not been modified. Esri does not support any support a developer's release of any operating system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 Update 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) with the libX11-1.0.3-11 patch minimum will be supported as long as it is from Red Hat without any modification to the latest kernel/glibc version.

The following packages are required:

The Base System > X Window System—all package groups

The Base System > Legacy Software Support group, including the following from Optional Packages:

• compat-libstdc++-33
• compat-libstdc++-296
• compat-libf2c
• compat-libgcc-296
• compat-openldap-2.3

The Development > Development Tools—all package groups

The Development > Legacy Software Development—all package groups

The Development > X Software Development group - all package groups

The Optionals Repository > freeglut -2.4

• libXp and libXp-devel packages
• libXtst and libXtst-devel packages

The following additional software packages are required:

• cairo
• compat-libf2c-34 (Fortran 77 compatibility)
• compat-gcc-34
• GNU arbitrary precision library - gmp-4 package
• GNU C Library (glibc) 2.5
• gkt2-2.10 and gtk2-devel-2.10
• libgfortran44*
• libidn
• libstdc++-4.1
• libXss.so.1
• OpenGL package: including mesa-libGL-6.5* and mesa-libGLU-6.5*
• Openldap package: openldap
• Openssl package: openssl
• Readline Library: readline

Note:

• All package versions listed must be at level stated or higher.
• On x86_64 platforms, if i386 (32-bit) versions of the above packages are available, they must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Update 1 (32-bit and 64-bit) minimum will be supported as long as it is from Red Hat without any modification to the latest kernel/glibc version.

The following packages are required:

The Base System > X Window System—all package groups

The Base System > Legacy Software Support group, including the following from Optional Packages:

• compat-libstdc++-3.3
• compat-libstdc++-296
• compat-libf2c

The Development > Development Tools—all package groups

The Development > Legacy Software Development—all package groups

The Development > X Software Development group - all package groups

• libXp and libXp-devel packages
• libXtst and libXtst-devel packages

The Optionals Repository > freeglut -2.4

The LSB base libraries support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux: redhat-lsb-4.0-3

The following additional software packages are required:

• cairo
• compat-libf2c-34 (Fortran 77 compatibility)
• compat-gcc-34
• GNU arbitrary precision library - gmp-4 package
• GNU libc Libraries (glibc) 2.12
• gtk2-2.10 and gtk2-devel-2.10
• libgfortran44*
• libidn
• libXScrnSaver-1.2.0-1.el6
• libstdc++-4.4
• libXss.so.1
• OpenGL package: including mesa-libGL-6.5* and mesa-libGLU-6.5*
• Openldap package: openldap
• Openssl package: openssl
• Readline Library: readline

Note:

• All package versions listed must be at level stated or higher.
• On x86_64 platforms, if i686 (32-bit) versions of the above packages are available, they must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

The Linux patches for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (32-bit and 64-bit) will be supported as long as they are from SUSE Linux without modification to the latest kernel/glibc version.

The following packages are required:

From Development > Languages > Fortran group

• libg2c33
• libgfortran43*

From Development > Libraries > X11 group

• cairo
• gtk and gtk-devel version 2.18 minimum
• Openmotif package— openmotif and openmotif-devel

From the System/Libraries group

• compat-dapl
• freeglut and freeglut-devel
• GNU C Library (glibc) package version 2.3.4-2 minimum
• GNU MP Library - gmp package
• libidn package
• Mesa: includes libGL and libGLU
• Readline Library: libreadline5
• xorg-x11-libX11 and development packages
• xorg-X11-libXp and development packages
• xorg-X11-libXt and development packages

From the System/X11/Servers/XF86_4 group

• xorg-x11-server
• xorg-x11-server-extra: includes Xvfb

The following additional software packages are required:

• OpenLDAP Client Libraries: includes libldap-2 and openldap2-client
• SSL Security package: includes openssl and libopenssl-devel

Note:

• All package versions listed must be at level stated or higher.
• On x86_64 platforms, if "-32-bit" versions of the above packages are available, they must be installed prior to installing ArcGIS.