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Informix 4GL System Requirements

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Abstract

This document describes the operating system requirements for Informix 4GL.

Content

The following table contains a comprehensive list of supported operating systems.
 
Operating System
Software
Hardware
AIX
Read the operating system prerequisites.
 
Platform: IBM -- AIX

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform

 
4GL 7.51
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.51.FC3 AIX 7.1
AIX 7.2
4GL 7.51.UC2 AIX 6.1 (TL 4 Service Pack 3)
AIX 7.1
4GL 7.51.FC2 AIX 6.1 (TL 4 Service Pack 3)
AIX 7.1
4GL 7.50
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.50.UC6 AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
4GL 7.50.FC6 AIX 6.1
AIX 7.1
PowerPC
HP-UX
Read the operating system prerequisites for:

HP-UX on Itanium
 
Platform: HP - HP-UX (Itanium)

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform

 
4GL 7.51
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.51.UC2 HP-UX 11.31
4GL 7.51.FC3 HP-UX 11.31
4GL 7.50
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.50.UC6 HP-UX 11.31
4GL 7.50.FC6 HP-UX 11.31
HP-UX on PA-RISC
 
Platform: HP - HP-UX (PA-RISC)

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
H = 32-bit build on any HP PA-RISC 11.x platform; also runs on HP PA-RISC 11.x 64-bit
 
4GL 7.50
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.50.HC6 HP-UX 11.11
HP-UX 11.23
HP-UX 11.31
4GL 7.50.FC6 HP-UX 11.11
HP-UX 11.23
HP-UX 11.31
Either PA-RISC or Itanium is required
IRIX
Read the operating system prerequisites.
 
Platform: SGI - IRIX

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
 
MIPS
Linux
Read the operating system prerequisites.
 
Platform: Linux

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform

 
4GL 7.51
Product version
Platform
Distributions
Base Kernel version
Glibc version
Compiler version
Comments
4GL 7.51.FC3
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 7 3.10.0 2.17 4.8.5 Minimum update 4 of RHEL 7 is
required
RHEL 8 4.18.0     2.28 8.5.0
RHEL 9 5.14.0 2.34 11.2.1 '-fcommon' may be required due C compiler changes
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0 2.23 5.4.0
Ubuntu 17.10 LTS 4.13 2.26 7.2
SUSE SLES 12 4.4.73 2.22 4.8.5
SUSE SLES 15 4.12.14 2.26 7.3.1 /lib64/libtinfo.so is required.
export LDFLAGS=-ltinfo
4GL 7.51.FC3
POWER
(Little Endian)
RHEL 7 3.10.0 2.17 4.8.5 Minimum update 4 of RHEL 7 is
required
SUSE SLES 12 4.4.73 2.22 4.8.5
SUSE SLES 15 4.12.14 2.26 7.3.1 /lib64/libtinfo.so is required.
export LDFLAGS=-ltinfo
4GL 7.51.UC2
Intel x86 RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
4GL 7.51.FC2
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
RHEL 7 3.10.0 2.17 4.8.2
RHEL 8 4.18.0   2.30    8.5.0
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13 2.19 4.8.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
SUSE SLES 12 3.12.28 2.19 4.8.5 /lib64/libtinfo.so is required.
export LDFLAGS=-ltinfo
4GL 7.51.FC2
POWER
(pSeries, iSeries, OpenPower, JS20 Blades)
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
4GL 7.51.UC2
IBM zSeries RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
4GL 7.51.FC2
IBM zSeries RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
4GL 7.50
Product version
Platform
Distributions
Base Kernel version
Glibc version
Compiler version
Comments
4GL 7.50.UC6
Intel x86 RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
4GL 7.50.FC6
x86_64 (EM64T/AMD64) RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
4GL 7.50.FC6
POWER
(pSeries, iSeries, OpenPower, JS20 Blades)
RHEL 5 2.6.18 2.5 4.1.1 Minimum update 3 of RHEL 5 is
required
RHEL 6 2.6.32 2.12 4.4.4
SUSE SLES 11 2.6.27 2.9 4.3.2
Intel® x86, Itanium, x86_64(EM64T/ AMD64), pSeries, iSeries, zSeries
Other
Read the operating system prerequisites for:

NCR-MP-RAS
 
Platform: NCR - MP-RAS

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the table below
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
 
SCO-OpenServer
Platform: SCO - OpenServer

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.

Note: The following codes are used in the table below
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
 
Solaris
Read the operating system prerequisites for:

Solaris for Sparc
Platform: Sun - Solaris (Sparc)

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform

 
4GL 7.51
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.51.FC3 Solaris 11
4GL 7.51.UC2 Solaris 10
Solaris 11
4GL 7.51.FC2 Solaris 10
Solaris 11
4GL 7.50
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.50.UC6 Solaris 10
4GL 7.50.FC6 Solaris 10

Solaris for Intel
 
Platform: Sun -- Solaris (Intel x86, x64 (AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T))

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the table below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
U = 32-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
64-bit product requires x64(AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)
 
4GL 7.50
Product Version Operating System Version Comments
4GL 7.50.UC1 Solaris 10
4GL 7.50.FC1 Solaris 10
Sparc, Intel x86 or x64(AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T) is required
TRU64 UNIX
Read the operating system prerequisites.
 
Platform: HP (Compaq/DEC) - Tru64 UNIX

Below are the current releases of 4GL and their supported operating systems.
Note: The following codes are used in the tables below
F = 64-bit on any UNIX/Linux platform
 

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Modified date:
26 July 2023

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