World Programming Limited (WPL) develop and sell the World Programming System (WPS), an interpreter for the language of SAS. A great alternative - Request a free evaluation of WPS.

WPS

Platforms
Linux on x86

About WPS for Linux

WPS for Linux is supported on x86 and x86_64 hardware platforms. Support is also available for Linux on Mainframe System z.

Linux Standard Base (LSB)

WPS has officially been tested for compatibility with distributions of Linux certified for Linux Standard Base (LSB) version 3.0 and higher. LSB is a certification management system intended to encourage compatibility between different distributions of Linux. Popular distributions known to be LSB compliant include:

Asianux
Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS)
Booyo
Linpus
Mandriva Linux
Montavista Linux Carrier Grade Edition
Neoshine
openSUSE
Oracle Enterprise Linux
Red Flag Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Xandros Server

Other Linux Distributions

There are many other excellent Linux Distributions that are not officially LSB certified, many of which will run WPS without problem. WPS requires a 2.6 or later kernel. In addition to the LSB distributions listed on the left, you could try:

Arch Linux
CentOS
Debian
Fedora
Gentoo
Knoppix
Kubuntu
Linux Mint
Pardus
PCLinuxOS
Sabayon Linux
SimplyMEPIS
Slackware

For further information on specific versions of these distributions and general information about LSB certification please visit www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb.

World Programming will endeavour to support your use of WPS on any distribution of Linux, however it must be understood that it will not be possible to certify WPS operation on every Linux distribution and we may recommend a different distribution in some cases.