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Warning!

Puhti and Mahti are being decommissioned in stages, and their storage areas will become fully unavailable from 15 October 2026. Clean up unnecessary files and move any data you need to keep by 31 August 2026. See the Roihu data migration guide for instructions on transferring your data to Roihu.

Puhti scratch is very full: keep only active data there and move or delete everything else. No new Puhti scratch quota will be granted.

IDL

Programming Language, Numeric Analysis, Manipulation and Visualization of Scientific Data

Available

  • Puhti: 8.5.1, 8.8.2
  • Mahti: 8.5.1, 8.8.1, 8.8.3

License

CSC has an Academic license, i.e., it is meant for Academic research only.

Usage

module load idl
  • Command line interface: idl
  • Graphical user interface: idlde

More information

  • Manuals on Puhti (pdf):
    • /appl/soft/math/idl/idl/help/pdf
    • /appl/soft/math/idl/idl85/help/pdf
    • /appl/soft/math/idl/idl882/idl88/help/pdf
  • IDL Manuals on the Web