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Software Prerequisites


This section describes the software requirements for SDL Suite and TTCN Suite.

Operating System

Architecture OS Version Minimum Main Memory Virtual Memory (swap) Size

Sun SPARC

Solaris 10

256 MB

512 MB

Linux

Redhat Enterprise 5

256

512

PC

Windows 7,
Windows Vista, Windows XP

2561

5122

1

Although the exact memory needs for a high-performance installation (meaning execution with little swap page faults) on a given PC are impossible to tell, the following memory requirements could be expected:
- 128 MB for Windows 7/Vista/XP systems
- 40 MB for the SDL Suite and TTCN Suite graphical applications + 1 kB / line of SDL/PR input to the Analyzer.
- Add memory requirements for other applications that you want to run in the session (Compilers, Microsoft Word, Explorer, etc.)

2

To double the main memory size is a good starting point.

UNIX Graphical Environment

On UNIX, SDL Suite and TTCN Suite are X Window System applications to be executed under the Motif Window Manager (Mwm).

SDL Suite and TTCN Suite require the X Window System, version R5 or later. The X Window System is provided by your workstation supplier.

Required HTML Viewers

SDL Suite and TTCN Suite on-line help on UNIX requires an HTML viewer. SDL Suite and TTCN Suite supports Firefox, Internet Explorer and Netscape.

Additional required tools and utilities

Some features of SDL Suite and TTCN Suite require access to external tools and utilities not included in the installation. Therefore you may need to provide your system with the following tools.

On UNIX systems these utilities are usually a part of standart environment and on Windows system there are free implementations available for download.


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