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Unidata Support wrote: > ------- Forwarded Message > > >To: Unidata Support <address@hidden> > >From: Mark Tucker <address@hidden> > >Subject: LDM binary for Solaris 8? > >Organization: UCAR/Unidata > >Keywords: 200007261950.e6QJoOT08487 > > I'm in the process of transerring our ldm server over to Solaris 8 (X86). > There does not seem to be a binary for Solarisx86 version 8, will the > binary for Solaris 7 (x86) work? If not, will I be able to compile from > source using gcc? I do not yet have our ScholarPAC info from Sun so I do > not have access to Sun's native C compiler. > > Thanks. > > Mark Tucker > Information Technology > Lyndon State College > address@hidden > http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu > > ------- End of Forwarded Message Hi Mark, Although we have not specifically tested it, we expect that the binary for Solaris 7 will work for you. I would definately give it a try. You can indeed build the source using gcc if you want to. We recommend using the native compilers where possible, but if that's not available then we do expect that gcc will work. Anne -- *************************************************** Anne Wilson UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW server http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ****************************************************