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System requirements

Software and Hardware requirements for using Open CASCADE Technology 6.6.0.

Open CASCADE Technology System Requirements
Linux Operating System 32/64-bit: Debian 4.0, Mandriva 2010*
Windows Operating System 32/64-bit: MS Windows 8 / 7 SP1 / VISTA SP2 /XP SP3
Mac OS X Operating System 32/64-bit: Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard / 10.7 Lion
Minimum memory 512 Mb, 1 Gb recommended
Free disk space
(complete installation)
650 Mb of disk space, or 1.4 Gb if installed with reference documentation
Minimum swap space 500 Mb
Video card GeForce

The following version of GeForce drivers are recommended:

For Linux:

64-bit Version: 100.14.19 or later

32-bit Version: 100.14.19 or later

For Windows:

Version 266.58 WHQL or later http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx is recommended
Graphic library OpenGL 1.1+ (OpenGL 1.5+ is recommended)
C++
For Linux:
GNU gcc: 4.0 up to 4.3.2

For Windows:
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 SP1 with all security updates
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2008 SP1 **
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2010
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2012

For Mac OS X:
XCode 3.2 or newer (4.x is recommended)
Third-party Components ***
FreeImage **** FreeImage 3.14.1
(support of common graphic formats)
Freetype Freetype 2.4.10
(for text rendering)
gl2ps **** gl2ps 1.3.5
(export of OCCT viewer contents to vector graphic file)
Qt Qt 4.6.2
(used by demonstration tools)
TBB **** TBB 3.x or 4.x
(support of muli-threading and parallel execution)
Tcl/Tk For Linux: Tcltk 8.5 or Tcltk 8.6
For Windows: ActiveTcl 8.5 or 8.6
(used by testing tools)
* Mandriva 2010 is a permanently tested platform.

** The official release of OCCT for Windows contains libraries built with VC++ 2008.

*** The use of third-party components is governed by their corresponding licenses.

**** This product is optional.


 
 
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