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Software Available and Machine Information
Please Note: The process of improving our system is tedious and on-going. The information contained on this page is therefore constantly under revision. If you come to discover that any information on this page is out of date, please let us know.
Servers
The following servers are documented here.
| Name | Operating System | Architecture | Processor(s) | Memory | Logins | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diablo | SunOS 5.8 | SPARC sun4u Ultra-80 | 4 sparcv9 @ 450 MHz | 4096 MB | FG | G |
| shell | SunOS 5.8 | Ultra-60 sun4u sparc | 2 sparcv9 @ 450 MHz | 2048 MB | UGF | G |
| program1-4 | SunOS 5.8 | SPARC sun4u Ultra-5_10 | 1 sparcv9 @ 360 MHz | 128 MB | UGF | P |
| linprog1-4 | Linux 2.4.9 | Intel i686 | 2 Pentium III @ 930 MHz | 256 MB | UGF | P |
| websrv | Linux 2.4.7 | Intel i686 | 2 Pentium III @ 550 MHz | 879 MB | UGF | W |
| quake | Linux 2.2.16 | Intel i686 | 2 Pentium III @ 500 MHz | 948 MB | UGF | P |
| xi | SunOS 5.6 | SPARC sun4u Ultra-Enterprise | 4 sparc @ 248 MHz | 1024 MB | ? | ? |
Abbreviation used in table:
| Logins | Uses | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| abbreviation | explanation | abbreviation | explanation |
| S | undergrad nonmajors | G | general purpose |
| U | undergrad majors | W | web development and service |
| G | grad students | P | program development |
| F | faculty | ||
| S | staff | ||
The name linprog is an alias for a cluster of machines, which are individually named linprog1.. linprogn), and the name program is an alias for another cluster of machines, which are individually named program1 .. programn). Everyone should normally use the alias to log in, so that the load will be distributed evenly across the machines.
Installed Software
This file describes software, other than that which comes standard in a Unix system, that is installed on the department's main servers. Brief summaries of of what each piece of software does are provided further down in this file. For more detailed information of these and the standard Unix commands and utilities, see the man pages installed on each system. For Gnu software, also try the info command, and check the HOWTO files installed on the system. Finally, information about most software can be found using a search engine and a web browser.
Please send e-mail to to report problems and to request installation of additional software.
| Name | Diablo | Shell | Program | Linprog | Websrv | Quake | Xi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a2ps | 4.13 | 4.13 | - | 4.13 | 4.13 | 4.12 | 4.12 |
| bzip2 | 0.1p12 | 0.9.0c | 0.9.0c | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1 | 0.9.5c | 0.9.5c |
| emacs | 20.7.3 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 21.1.1 | 20.4 | ? |
| dvips | 5.86 | - | - | - | - | 5.86 | 5.86 |
| FVWM | 2.4.0 | 2.0.43a | - | - | - | 1.24 | 1.24 |
| ghostscript | 6.52 | 6.52 | 6.52 | 5.50 | 5.50 | 7.03 | ? |
| ghostview | 1.5 | 1.5 | - | - | - | 1.5 | ? |
| gnuplot | 3.7 | - | - | - | 3.7 | 3.7.0 | 3.5 |
| ImageMagick | - | - | - | 5.3.9 | - | 4.29 | - |
| ispell | 3.1.20 | 3.1.20 | - | 3.1.20 | 3.1.20 | 3.1.20 | 3.1.20 |
| latex | 3.3.1 | - | - | * | - | 3.14159 | 3.14159 |
| LPRng | 3.7.8 | 3.6.26 | - | 3.7.4 | 3.7.4 | 3.6.23 | 3.6.24 |
| mm | 2.7 | - | - | - | - | * | ? |
| netpbm | 9.16 | - | - | 9.20 | 9.9 | - | ? |
| readline | 4.2 | - | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | * | ? |
| tex | 3.14159 | - | - | * | - | 3.14159 | 3.14159 |
| tiff | 3.5.6 | - | - | * | * | * | 5.0 |
| transfig | 3.2.3.d | - | - | - | - | 3.2.1 | 3.2 |
| top | 3.5beta12 | 3.5beta12 | 3.5beta12 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.7 | * | ? |
| vim | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| VTWM | 5.4.5a | - | - | - | - | - | ? |
| xfig | 3.2.3d | 3.2.3d | - | - | - | 3.2.2 | 3.2 |
| xpm | 3.4k | 3.4k | 3.4k | - | - | - | ? |
| xc | - | - | - | 6.4 | 6.4 | - | ? |
| xv | 3.10a | 3.10a | - | 3.10a | - | 3.10a | 3.10a |
| Name | Diablo | Shell | Program | Linprog | Websrv | Quake | Xi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| communicator | v476 | v479 | - | - | - | 4.76 | - |
| elm | 2.5.6 | 2.5.5 | - | 2.5.3 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.2 | 2.5 |
| lynx | 2.8.4 | 2.8.4 | - | 2.8.4 | 2.8.4 | 2.8.2 | 2.8 |
| mpack | 1.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ncftp | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.1 |
| pine | 4.33 | 4.33 | - | 4.33 | 4.33 | 4.30 | 4.30 |
| procmail | 3.15 | 3.22 | - | 3.14 | 3.14 | 3.13.1 | 3.13.1 |
| SSH | 3.0.1 | 3.0.1 | 2.3.0 | 3.0.1 | 2.5.2p2 | 2.2.0 | 3.1.0 |
| trn | 4.0-test76 | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| xmail | 1.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Name | Diablo | Shell | Program | Linprog | Websrv | Quake | Xi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bison | 1.29 | - | - | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 | 1.28 |
| expect | 5.32 | - | - | - | - | 5.28.1 | 5.20 |
| gcc | 2.95.3 | 2.95.3 | 2.95.3 | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.91.66 | 2.91.66 |
| DBI | - | - | - | - | 1.20 | - | - |
| ddd | 3.3 | 3.3(only for root) | 3.3 | 3.3 | - | 3.3.1 | 3.2 |
| gdb | 5.0 | 4.18 | 5.0 | 5.0rh | 5.0rh | 4.18 | 4.18 |
| GD | - | - | - | - | 1.33 | 1.3 | - |
| java | jdk 1.2 | jdk 1.2.1 | jdk 1.2.2 | jdk 1.2.2 | j2sdk 1.3.1 | jdk 1.2.2-RC3 | jdk 1.2.2 |
| jed | - | - | - | 0.99.15 | - | 0.98.7 | - |
| m4 | * | 1.4 | * | 1.4.1 | 1.4.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| make | 3.79.1 | 3.79.1 | * | 3.79.1 | 3.79.1 | 3.77 | 3.79.1 |
| mysql | - | - | - | - | 3.23.41 | 1.68 | 3.22.32 |
| scheme | 7.5.17 | 7.5.17 | - | 7.5.17 | 7.5.17 | - | - |
| spim | - | - | 5.9 | - | - | 6.0 | - |
| perl | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.1 | 5.6.0 | 5.6.0 | 5.005_03 | 5.6.1 |
| pl | 3.2.7 | - | - | 3.2.7 | 3.2.7 | - | 3.2.7 |
| rcs | 5.7 | - | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 |
| slang | - | - | - | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2 | - | - |
| tcl | 8.3.3 | - | - | 8.3.1 | 8.3.1 | 8.0.5 | - |
| tk | 8.3.3 | - | - | - | - | 8.0.5 | - |
| gtk+ | 1.3.6 | 1.2.8 | - | - | - | 1.2.5 | - |
Installed user software summaries
The following brief summaries are intended to introduce the various items of software. For more detailed information, see the man pages installed on each system, and also the info command.
Text editing
a2ps Converts ascii text to PostScript, and also can be used to print documents on a PostScript printer. One useful option is -Pprinter which will send your task to the printer corresponding to the name printer. (open source)
bzip2 block-sorting file compressor.
dos2unix / unix2dos The dos2unix utility converts characters in the DOS extended character set to the corresponding ISO standard characters. Options: -asciiRemoves extra carriage returns and converts end of file characters in DOS format text files to conform to SunOS requirements.
emacs A very powerful, convenient, and flexible text editor.
dvips Converts a TeX DVI file to PostScript.
FVWM an extremely powerful ICCCM-compliant multiple virtual window manager for the X Window system.
ghostscript A PostScript interpreter. (open source)
ghostview A PostScript file viewer based on GhostScript. (open source)
gnuplot Gnuplot is a command-driven interactive function plotting program. It can generate PostScript, GIF, and other formats of output.
groff An open source version of Unix troff. It is for formatting and typesetting documents.
ImageMagick ImageMagickTM is a robust collection of tools and libraries to read, write, and manipulate an image in many image formats (over 68 major formats) including popular formats like TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, PhotoCD, and GIF. (postcard ware)
ispell A spell checker. The most common usage is ispell filename. In this case, ispell will display each word which does not appear in the dictionary at the top of the screen and allow you to change it.
latex LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation. LaTeX is the de facto standard for the communication and publication of scientific documents.
latex2html Converts a LaTeX file to an html file.
LPRng printing and network print spoolers.
mm text formatting (memorandum) macros.
netpbm package of graphics manipulation programs and libraries.
readlineReadline library provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in.
texflib?????????????/
tex A text formatting and typesetting especially for mathematics and computer science.
TIFF Image format or packages of TIFF format manipulator
transfig package consists of the fig2dev program, which translates between Fig code and other graphics languages, and the transfig command which can be used to invoke it.
vim Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor(vi is also installed).
VTWM extension of TWM(the Tab WIndow Manager)
xfig A drawing program for Unix systems with X Windows. It can generate figures and diagrams in PostScript, GIF, and other formats of output.
xpm XPixMap (XPM) consists of an ASCII image format and a C library. The format defines how to store color images (X Pixmap) in a portable and powerful way. The library provides a set of functions to store and retrieve images to and from XPM format data, being either files, buffers (files in memory), or data (included files).
xc including Xv Xt etc man page not installed on linprog
xv The xv program displays images in the GIF, JPEG, TIFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, X11 bitmap, Utah Raster Toolkit RLE, PDS/VICAR, Sun Rasterfile, BMP, PCX, IRIS RGB, XPM, Targa, XWD,possibly PostScript, and PM formats on workstations and terminals running the X Window System.
Mail/Browser/ftp
communicator web browser.
elm An interactive screen-oriented mailer/mail reader. (open source)
lynx a general purpose distributed information browser for the World Wide Web
mpack Packs a file in MIME format.
ncftp ncftp is an ftp client with a fancier interface.
pine An interactive screen-oriented mailer/mail reader. (open source)
procmail An autonomous mail processor and powerful mail filter program.
SSH Secure Shell, encrypted terminal connections and secure file transfer.
tin A news reader. (open source)
trn a threaded news reader.
xmail mail client.
web2c an implementation of TeX and friends which translates the original WEB sources into C, so they can be readily compiled on modern systems.
Programming
bison GNU parser generator (yacc replacement).
expect Expect automates interactive programs. Using Expect, you can automate manual tasks like typing passwords and testing interactive programs.
gcc The g++ GNU project C and C++ Compiler.
DBI The DBI is a database interface module for Perl. It defines a set of methods, variables and conventions that provide a consistent database interface independent of the actual database being used
ddd DDD is a graphical front-end for GDB and other command-line debuggers.You need to be in Xwindows environment in order to launch it.
gdb The GNU debugger.
GD GD perl modules Interface to Gd Graphics Library.
indent The indent program can be used to make code easier to read. It can also convert from one style of writing C to another.
java sdk 1.2, 1.2.2, 1.2.2-RC3, 1.3.1
jed Color syntax highlighting. Emulation of Emacs, EDT, Word star, and Brief editors. Extensible in a language resem bling C. Completely customizable. Editing TeX files with AUC-TeX style editing (BiBTeX support too).
m4 The m4 utility is a macro processor intended as a front end for C, assembler, and other languages
make maintain, update, and regenerate related programs and files
mysql MySQL database system
scheme Scheme was one of the first programming languages to incorporate first class procedures as in the lambda calculus.
spim A MIPS R2000/R3000 Simulator
Perl Practical Extraction and Report Language
pl SWI-Prolog is an implementation of Prolog in the Edinburgh tradition.
rcs The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of files. RCS automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, e.g., programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form letters.
slang S-Lang is an interpreted language that was designed from the start to be easily embedded into a program to provide it with a powerful extension language. Examples of programs that use S-Lang as an extension language include the jed text editor, the slrn newsreader, and sldxe (unreleased), a numerical computation program. For this reason, S-Lang does not exist as a separate application and many of the examples in this document are presented in the context of one of the above applications. S-Lang is also a programmer's library that permits a programmer to develop sophisticated platform-independent software. In addition to providing the S-Lang extension language, the library provides facilities for screen management, keymaps, low-level terminal I/O, etc. However, this document is concerned only with the extension language and does not address these other features of the S-Lang library. For information about the other components of the library, the reader is referred to the The S-Lang Library Reference.
tcl Tool Command Language.
tk/gtk Tk is a graphical user interface toolkit that makes it possible to create powerful GUIs incredibly quickly.
SUN development tools
These are all in /opt/SUNWspro/bin.
Forte C Forte[tm] C software offers an outstanding C development environment for the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment.
Forte C++ Forte[tm] C++ provides a comprehensive, productive environment for developing high-performance applications in C and C++ for the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment.
Forte Fortran 77/95 High Performance Computing (HPC)Forte[tm] for High Performance Computing (HPC) and Forte Fortran provide a comprehensive, productive environment for developing high-performance applications in Fortran and C for the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment. Forte HPC also includes C++.
Forte TeamWare Forte[tm] code management software is a powerful, multiplatform software configuration management toolset for development teams. Let our software enhance your development team's coordination and productivity with its outstanding management toolset for software configuration development.
PHP PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language.
Symbolic Computation
maple. A a powerful mathematical problem-solving and visualization system. (licensed software from where?) maple tutorial