Installing scientific software on Fedora

widi7 · #1 7th January 2009, 07:27 AM

hallo everyone, i'm a new member here and also a newbie in linux

.by the way we have a geoscientist software called geoframe.in the installation guide it said that the software needs Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 Update 4 (kernel 2.4.21-27.EL) and Oracle 9.2.0.4 for 32-bit Linux (+ Oracle 9i Patch set 9.2.0.6 for 32-bit Linux).

well since we don't have the OS,could we install it (theoritically) under fedora 10 (the latest) system cause as far as i know they were both developed based on the same core.thanks for the answer

Nokia · #2 7th January 2009, 07:37 AM

Two things:

1: Fedora = Bad choice for mission critical environments or your scientific program. Use CentOS 5.2 instead.

2. If CentOS isn't enough, try using a virtual machine like Virtualbox.

stevea · #3 7th January 2009, 08:33 AM

It might work or it might not.
Some installers look at things like the /etc/redhat-release file to see what you are running.
The other problem is that the package MAY be dependent on libraries that have changes since.

Actually Centos 5.2 may be pretty close.

Tekno_Cowboy · #4 7th January 2009, 08:59 AM

I'll put in my 2 cents for CentOS for stability. I've worked with it a few times at a former job, and it seems to be running my server at least as well as Fedora 8 did. Of course, I've had nary a problem with either distro on my server

John the train · #5 7th January 2009, 09:45 AM

There is also Scientific Linux, based on Red Hat, but when I tried to check it just now from Distrowatch my browser gave a ' bad certificate ' warning. Don't know what's going on there, but you might want to ( carefully ) look further.

kilgoretrout · #6 7th January 2009, 06:30 PM

You can also take a look at Fermi Linux which is Fermilab's version of Scientific Linux:

https://fermilinux.fnal.gov/download

widi7 · #7 14th January 2009, 02:33 AM

thank you so much guys...but this Rhel boy what is the principal difference among the workstation (WS),advanced server (AS),enterprise server (ES)? does centos has the same differentiation?and for RHEL3 U4 does it so much different with the later edition such as RHEL3 U5,U6 and so on and even RHEL4
and what edition of centos is the best replacement for RHEL3 U4?5.2?or maybe the older one?