Hi Roger
CCP4 and Mosflm work fine in my testing - I do builds for Linux and
Macs, both 32 and 64 bits. I wouldn't expect to see a difference in
performance (and don't see anything significant in practice).
One thing - I think you will need to install 32-bit compatibility
libraries for some of the code that is dynamically linked and has
been built as 32-bit, e.g. I think ActiveTcl distros might need them
(for iMosflm).
On 3 Apr 2012, at 20:57, Roger Rowlett wrote:
The time has come for me to upgrade my Linux OS to something more
recent for me and my student workstations. A 32-bit distro is
certainly conservative and compatible with CCP4 and Coot, but it
seems like that solution hobbles my hardware and puts some
limitations on available memory, even with PAE enabled. So who is
using a 64-bit distro these days, and are there lingering issues of
compatibility and dependency hell with commonly used XRD software,
like CCP4, Coot, iMOSFLM etc.?
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (beta) actually works OK with one simple
workaround for the global menu for CCP4 and Coot, and wine
compatibility is fine for running CrysalisPro in the same
environment, so it's really comes down to whether or not the extra
performance of a 64-bit OS is worth the pain of compatibility
issues for XRD software. Any thoughts?
Cheers,
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Roger S. Rowlett
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Department of Chemistry
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