Stata for Unix
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Stata for Unix |
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Last updated: |
13 December 2007 |
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Stata release: |
10 |
Questions are listed below in the following categories:
- General
- FAQs concerning releases before Stata 10
1. General
Why does Stata 10’s graphical user interface perform so slowly on a Windows X server such as Hummingbird Exceed?
Do you have a version of Stata that runs in a computer cluster environment?
How do I prevent Stata(GUI) from crashing when executed remotely through X11 forwarding?
I’m getting the warning message “Error converting format to locale encoding:
Conversion from character set ‘UTF-8' to ‘646’ is not supported” when
launching Stata. What does this mean?
Why is my output not aligned correlctly on Stata for Unix?
Why do I receive the error "libtiff.so.3: cannot open" when trying to run Stata on a Linux machine?
How do I install
Stata on a Unix/Linux machine?
How do I run the dynamically linked version of Stata 10 on Linux?
I’m getting messages like error while loading shared libraries:
followed by a list of missing libraries. What does that mean?
I'm getting the error message Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file when launching Stata. What does that mean?
How do I install 64-bit AIX?
Why does Stata/MP on Solaris
cause high CPU usage with the default value of environment variable
SUNW_MP_THR_IDLE?
What kind of performance
increase can I expect in going from 32-bit to 64-bit Stata?
How does a Stata network license work?
How can I determine if my
computer/operating system is 64-bit?
What kind of machine should I
purchase to make Stata run most effectively?
What are the hardware requirements
to run Stata?
How do I run xstata while
connected to a Unix machine from my Windows or Macintosh computer?
How do I read data from a pipe?
What environment variables
does Stata recognize?
How do I run Stata in batch
mode?
How do I install Stata in a
directory other than /usr/local/stata?
2. FAQs concerning releases before Stata 10
How do I install
Stata 9 on a Unix/Linux machine?
Why won’t Stata allow large
datasets even when I am using a 64-bit Irix machine?
The Stata 8 installation
requires uncompress, but on Mandrake 8, uncompress is not
installed. How do I install it?
How do I get around the
“device busy” error while installing Stata on
Solaris?
How do I change the graph
colors?
I am having trouble running Stata
for Linux on my Linux computer. What is wrong?
I log into a Unix server from my PC at
home. Is there any way to get Stata for Unix to display graphs
remotely on my PC?
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