1.4. Requirements

It is assumed that you have a working installation of the MeVisLab SDK distribution with a standard set of modules. Supported platforms are Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

You need to have Python 2.6 or higher (but not version 3.x) installed on your system. The path to the Python installation needs to be known to the operating system (for example, on Windows, add the path to the enviroment variable PATH).

Table 1.1. System Requirements

OSRecommended HardwareMinimum Requirements
Windows
  • Pentium 4 / Athlon64 or better

  • 2 GB RAM

  • current OpenGL graphics board (NVIDIA 7800, ATI X1900 or better)

  • Windows XP, Windows Vista

  • Pentium III

  • 512 MB RAM

  • an OpenGL compliant graphics board

Linux
  • Pentium 4 / Athlon64 or better

  • 2 GB RAM

  • current OpenGL graphics board (NVIDIA 7800, ATI X1900 or better)

  • Fedora Core 6 or Ubuntu 6.10

  • Pentium III

  • 512 MB RAM

  • an OpenGL compliant graphics board

Mac OS X
  • Apple Mac Pro

  • 4 GB RAM

  • NVIDIA GeForce 8800, ATI Radeon X1900 or better

  • Mac OS X 10.5.2

  • Macintosh computer with Intel Core processor

  • 1 GB RAM

  • NVIDIA or ATI graphics processor


A screen resolution of 1600x1200 or higher is recommended.

For details on operating systems, especially for macro and module development, see Chapter 17, Operating Systems Details.