System Requirements
LispWorks 6.0 (32-bit) for Macintosh
- Requires Mac OS X v. 10.3.x, 10.4.x, 10.5.x or 10.6.x.
- Processor: Intel-based Macintosh, or G3, G4 or G5.
- 240MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher, only if you want to run the alternate GTK+ GUI.
- Open Motif 2.3 and Imlib, only if you want to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The alternate GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions.
Neither of the GTK+ and Motif GUIs are available in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 6.0 (64-bit) for Macintosh
- Requires Mac OS X v. 10.5.x or 10.6.x
- Processor: Intel-based Macintosh or G5.
- 285MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher, only if you want to run the alternate GTK+ GUI.
- Open Motif 2.3 and Imlib, only if you want to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The alternate GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional.
LispWorks 6.0 (32-bit) for Linux
- Any Linux distribution with glibc 2.6.9 or later.
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 155MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher to run the GTK+ GUI.
- Open Motif 2.2.x and Imlib to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions.
The GTK+ GUI is required in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 6.0 (64-bit) for Linux
- Any Linux distribution with glibc 2.6.9 or later.
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T.
- 175MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher to run the GTK+ GUI.
- Open Motif 2.2.x and Imlib to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional.
LispWorks 6.0 (32-bit) for x86/x64 Solaris
- Solaris 10 (release 5/08 or later) or OpenSolaris (release 2009.06 or later).
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 130MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher to run the GTK+ GUI.
- Motif 2.1 and Imlib to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions.
The GTK+ GUI is required in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 6.0 (64-bit) for x86/x64 Solaris
- Solaris 10 (release 5/08 or later) or OpenSolaris (release 2009.06 or later).
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T.
- 140MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher to run the GTK+ GUI.
- Motif 2.1 and Imlib to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional.
LispWorks 6.0 (32-bit) for FreeBSD
- FreeBSD 7.x, or later with compat7x. If you want to run LispWorks 6.0 on FreeBSD 6.x, then please contact us.
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 160MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
- GTK+ 2.4 or higher to run the GTK+ GUI.
- Open Motif 2.2.x and Imlib to run the deprecated Motif GUI.
The GTK+ and Motif GUIs are optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions.
The GTK+ GUI is required in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 6.0 (32-bit) for Windows
- Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 (all x86 and x64 Editions supported).
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 150MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
Please see the note below about Windows emulators.
LispWorks 6.0 (64-bit) for Windows
- Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 (x64 Editions only).
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T.
- 170MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
LispWorks® 6.0 (64-bit) for SPARC/Solaris
- 175MB of disk space for a complete installation with documentation.
- Platforms: 64-bit SPARC running Solaris 2.8 or later.
- Motif 2, if you want to run the optional Motif GUI.
LispWorks® 6.0 (32-bit) for Unix
- 160MB of disk space for a complete installation with all optional products and documentation.
- Platforms: SPARC running Solaris 2.8 or later, HP PA running HP-UX 11x.
- LispWorks also runs on other UNIX workstations. Please ask us if you need a platform which is not mentioned here.
- Motif 2, if you want to run the optional Motif GUI.
Liquid Common Lisp® 5.0.x
Hardware Requirements
- Memory - 16MB required, 32MB or more recommended
- Swap space - 60MB required, 100MB or more recommended
- Disk space - 60MB required, more recommended for saving custom images
Platforms
Liquid Common Lisp supports these UNIX workstations:
| Platform |
OS |
Foreign Library Support |
| HP PA |
HP-UX |
Shared |
| IBM RS/6000 |
AIX |
Shared |
| SGI |
IRIX |
Shared |
| SUN | Solaris |
Shared |
| SUN SPARC |
SunOS |
Static |
System Requirements for older versions
Please note that these products are no longer available to purchase
LispWorks 5.1 (32-bit) for Macintosh
- Requires Mac OS X v. 10.3.x, 10.4.x, 10.5.x or 10.6.x.
- Processor: Intel-based Macintosh, or G3, G4 or G5.
- 220MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- 160MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Personal Edition with documentation.
- OpenMotif 2.3 (only needed if you want to run the alternate X11/Motif GUI in the Professional or Enterprise Edition).
LispWorks 5.1 (64-bit) for Macintosh
- Requires Mac OS X v. 10.5.x or 10.6.x
- Processor: Intel-based Macintosh or G5.
- 260MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- OpenMotif 2.3 (only needed if you want to run the alternate X11/Motif GUI).
LispWorks 5.1 (32-bit) for Linux
- RedHat Linux (version 9 or later) or a distribution with kernel version 2.4 or later that supports NPTL and glibc 2.3.2 or later.
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 155MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- OpenMotif 2.2 (or higher) for the X11/Motif GUI. The GUI is optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions. The GUI is required in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 5.1 (64-bit) for Linux
- RedHat Linux (version 9 or later) or a distribution with kernel version 2.4 or later that supports NPTL and glibc 2.3.2 or later.
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T.
- 175MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- OpenMotif 2.2 (or higher) if you want to run the GUI.
LispWorks 5.1 (32-bit) for FreeBSD
- FreeBSD 5.4 or later, or FreeBSD 6.0 or later with compat5x.
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 160MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- OpenMotif 2.2 (or higher) for the X11/Motif GUI. The GUI is optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions, and is required in the Personal Edition.
- To use the X11/Motif GUI on FreeBSD 7.0, you also need the FreeBSD 5.0 X libraries with LD_LIBRARY_PATH set to find these. Contact us if you need help with this.
LispWorks 5.1 (32-bit) for Windows
- Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 (all x86 and x64 Editions supported), or Windows 2000 SP3, Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition.
- Processor: Pentium-compatible.
- 150MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- 130MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Personal Edition with documentation.
Please see the note below about Windows emulators.
LispWorks 5.1 (64-bit) for Windows
- Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 (x64 Editions only).
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T.
- 170MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation.
LispWorks® 5.1 (64-bit) for SPARC/Solaris
- 175MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation.
- Platforms: 64-bit SPARC running Solaris 2.8 or later.
- Motif 2, if you want to run the X11/Motif GUI.
LispWorks® 5.1 (32-bit) for Unix
- 160MB of disk space for a complete installation with all optional products and documentation.
- Platforms: SPARC running Solaris 2.8 or later, HP PA running HP-UX 11x.
- LispWorks also runs on other UNIX workstations. Please ask us if you need a platform which is not mentioned here.
- Motif 2, if you want to run the X11/Motif GUI.
LispWorks 5.0 (32-bit) for Macintosh
- Requires Mac OS X v. 10.3.x, 10.4.x or later. For LispWorks Professional, Enterprise and Academic Editions on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) some patches are needed.
- Processor: Intel-based Macintosh, or G3, G4 or G5
- 200MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation
- 123MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Personal Edition with documentation
- OpenMotif 2.3 (only needed if you want to run the alternate X11/Motif GUI in the Professional or Enterprise Edition)
LispWorks 5.0 (64-bit) for Macintosh
- Requires Mac OS X v. 10.4.5 or later. For Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) some patches are needed.
- Processor: Intel-based Macintosh or G5
- 180MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation
- OpenMotif 2.3, if you want to run the X11/Motif GUI
LispWorks 5.0 (32-bit) for Linux
- RedHat Linux (version 9 or later) or a distribution with kernel version 2.4 or later that supports NPTL and glibc 2.3.2 or later
- Processor: Pentium-compatible
- 118MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation
- OpenMotif 2.2 (or higher), for the X11/Motif GUI. The GUI is optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions. The GUI is required in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 5.0 (64-bit) for Linux
- RedHat Linux (version 9 or later) or a distribution with kernel version 2.4 or later that supports NPTL and glibc 2.3.2 or later
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T
- 158MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation
- OpenMotif 2.2 (or higher) if you want to run the GUI
LispWorks 5.0 (32-bit) for FreeBSD
- FreeBSD 5.4 or later, or FreeBSD 6.0 or later with compat5x
- Processor: Pentium-compatible
- 111MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation
- OpenMotif 2.2 (or higher), for the X11/Motif GUI. The GUI is optional in the Professional and Enterprise Editions. The GUI is required in the Personal Edition.
LispWorks 5.0 (32-bit) for Windows
- Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 SP3, Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition running on Pentium-compatible hardware
- Processor: Pentium-compatible
- 126MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Professional or Enterprise Edition with documentation
- 110MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Personal Edition with documentation
Please see the note below about Windows emulators.
LispWorks 5.0 (64-bit) for Windows
- Windows Vista 64-bit Editions, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
- Processor: AMD64-compatible, including Intel EM64T
- 140MB of disk space for a complete installation of the Enterprise Edition with documentation
LispWorks® for Unix 5.0
Hardware Requirements
- Memory - 32MB required, 64MB or more recommended
- Swap space - 20MB minimum recommended, plus more for your application code
- Disk space - up to 150MB required, including documentation. More is needed for saving custom images
Platforms
| Platform |
OS |
Foreign Library Support |
| HP PA |
HP-UX |
Shared |
| SUN SPARC |
Solaris |
Shared |
The LispWorks IDE on Unix requires Motif 2
LispWorks® for Macintosh® 4.4
Hardware Requirements
- Processor: PowerPC G3, G4 or G5
- An "Easy Install" of the Professional or Enterprise Edition which includes all the documentation requires 108MB
- The native IDE alone needs 43MB
- The X11/Motif IDE alone needs 54MB
- The documentation alone needs 71MB
- The Personal Edition together with its HTML documentation requires 68MB.
Platforms
LispWorks for Macintosh supports Mac OS X version 10.3 or later.
LispWorks® for Linux® 4.4
Hardware Requirements
- Processor: 486DX minimum, Pentium recommended.
- Memory - 32MB required, 64MB or more recommended for good performance
- Disk Space - 43MB minimum required
- More disk space is required to install the documentation. A full installation of the Enterprise Edition including the documentation and all modules requires about 186MB.
- The Personal Edition together with its HTML documentation requires 84MB.
Platforms
LispWorks for Linux supports Redhat Linux (versions 6 through 9) on Pentium-compatible CPU. Also Mandrake and SuSE Linux with kernel 2.2 or later on Pentium-compatible CPU.
The LispWorks IDE on Linux requires one of:
- Open Motif 2.2 or higher
- Lesstif 0.93.18 or higher
LispWorks® for Windows® 4.4
Hardware Requirements
- Processor: 486DX minimum, Pentium recommended.
- Memory - 32MB required, 64MB or more recommended
- Disk space - 57MB minimum required
- More disk space is required if you install the documentation. The PDF documentation takes about 27MB, and the HTML documentation takes about 34MB.
- The Personal Edition together with its HTML documentation requires 66MB.
Platforms
LispWorks for Windows supports Windows 98/Millennium, Windows NT4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows XP running on Pentium-compatible hardware.
LispWorks® for Unix 4.4
Hardware Requirements
- Memory - 32MB required, 64MB or more recommended
- Swap space - 20MB minimum recommended, plus more for your application code
- Disk space - up to 140MB required, including documentation. More is needed for saving custom images
Platforms
| Platform |
OS |
Foreign Library Support |
| HP PA |
HP-UX |
Shared |
| DEC Alpha |
OSF 1 |
Shared |
| SUN SPARC |
Solaris |
Shared |
The LispWorks IDE on Unix requires Motif 1.2.4
Virtual Machines and Windows Emulators
We cannot guarantee support for all VMs and emulators. We are interested to know about any specific problems found when using LispWorks with a VM or emulator.
LispWorks has been reported to run without problems on the following:
- Windows under VMware Server hosted on Windows
- Linux under VMware Server hosted on Windows
- Windows XP in a Parallels Desktop VM on an Intel MacBook
- Windows (NT, 2000, XP) under VMware under linux
- Windows 98 running in QEMU hosted on FreeBSD 4.10
- Windows 95 running in Virtual PC 6.0.1 on Mac OS X 10.3.5, PowerBook G4 (installed CygWin to make ASDF-Install work)
- Windows emulator in VMware on Linux guest system
- wine
Please note that the standard LispWorks End User License Agreement specifies that a virtual machine is just like a physical computer when counting the number of installations for licensing purposes. The license can be read from within LispWorks by choosing Help > About LispWorks... and clicking License Terms.