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--- general_sofwtare:idl:new [2022/11/30 09:12] – created deul
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 ======IDL versions 8.6 and up======
+IDL is a commercial tool for data visualization with its own programming language.
+\\
+See also: [[https://portal.nv5geospatialsoftware.com/]]
+A installation download is available from the STRW Linux desktop environment under directory:
+  /strw0/downloads/idl_9.1
+in which you will find versions for Linux, MacOS and Windows
+Install the appropriate package for your operating system.
+===== Using licenses from your laptop (trusted connection) =====
+If you run IDL on your laptop, you need to point it to our license server. For this you need to setup a ssh tunnel that maps you local port 4080 onto the license servers port 4080. This can be done on Linux using the ssh command line tool:
+  ssh -g -L 4080:license.strw.leidenuniv.nl:4080 yourstrwusername@ssh.strw.leidenuniv.nl
+Now keep this ssh session alive as long as you need to run IDL.
+You need to tell IDL to use the floating license server through the above tunnel. For that you can run the ''%%LicenseAdministrator%%'' tool to tell IDL where obtain a license. Choose option 'Use License Server' and fill in for the server name: localhost and for the port: 4080. Then connect. You should see a blue bar and a green Tick sign which mentions 'Successfully connected'.
+This concludes getting a license to your laptop. Now you are ready to start working with IDL full capability set!

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