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Software on Troi

Licensed Software
Public Domain Software (includes software under GNU General Public License and the BSD License)
For information on the free software licensing strategies, see:
Free Software Licensing Alternatives
Free Software Licensing
The following software packages are installed on Troi:
Note: References of the form name(1) refer to on-line manual pages. You can read these by using the "man" command; for example, to read the document "balance(1)", type the command "man balance".
Note: This is not a comprehensive list. In particular, some software that is considered "standard" UNIX software, or which is part of the SunOS 5.x distribution, may not be listed below, even though it is installed on the Troi cluster.

Licensed Software

These software packages are licensed for use on Troi only, and they are not available on other machines in the Troi cluster unless stated otherwise. If you are having problems getting a package to execute, try using it on Troi itself.
GAUSS
GAUSS is a complete analysis environment suitable for performing quick calculations, complex analysis of millions of data points, or anything in between.
MATHEMATICA
Mathematica is Wolfram's symbolic math processing system with graphics. See also: math(1) ---> Available on all machines in the academic cluster.
MATLAB
MATLAB is an integrated technical computing environment that combines numeric computation, advanced graphics and visualization, and a high-level programming language. See also: matlab(1) and mex(1) ---> Available on all machines in the academic cluster.
SAS
SAS is an integrated suite of software for enterprise-wide information delivery. Applications of the SAS System include executive information systems; data entry, retrieval, and management; report writing and graphics; statistical and mathematical analysis; business planning, forecasting, and decision support; operations research and project management; statistical quality improvement; computer performance evaluation; and applications development.
SUN ONE STUDIO
Sun Forte Developer is a suite of compilers and development tools including compilers for C, C++, Fortran77, Fortran90, and Pascal. Tools include a visual editor, debugger, and link editor. See also: cc(1), CC(1), f77(1), f90(1), pc(1), dbx(1), workshop(1), visu(1), lint(1), twbuild(1), and make(1S)

Public Domain Software

balance
Accounting balance reporting programs. See also: balance(1)
bash
GNU Bourne-Again SHell. See also: bash(1)
compress
Compess or expand files. See also: uncompress(1), zcat(1), gzip(1), zip(1)
dvips
ArborTeX's dvi to PostScript converter. See also: dvips(1)
elm
An interactive mail system. See also: elm(1)
emacs
GNU Emacs. See also: emacs(1)
fixhome
Correct home directory and dotfile permissions. See also: fixhome(1)
g++
GNU C++ compiler. See also: g++(1)
gcc
GNU cc replacement. See also: gcc(1)
gdb
GNU source level debugger. See also: gdb(1)
gdiff
GNU enhanced diff. See also: gdiff(1), gdiff3(1)
gopher
Connect to gopher document server. See also: gopher(1)
gzip
Compress or expand files using an algorithm compatible with PKZIP for MS-DOS and other platforms. Part of the GNU software distribution. See also: gunzip(1), gzcat(1), compress(1), zip(1)
joe
Joe's Own Editor. See also: joe(1)
jove
Jonathan's Own Version of Emacs. See also: jove(1), teachjove(1)
kermit
Columbia C-Kermit. See also: kermit(1)
less
A pager like more, but with enhancements. See also: less(1), lesskey(1)
libg++
Run-time library and other material needed for g++.
man
Replacement for man, apropos, whatis, makewhatis in perl. See also: man(1), apropos(1), whatis(1)
metamail
Multimedia mail handling. See also: metamail(1), elm(1)
msgs
BSD message system. See also: msgs(1)
ntalk
New version of talk, allows Suns to talk to non-suns. See also: ntalk(1), chat(1), ytalk(1)
openwin
Sun OpenWindows. See also: openwin(1), olwm(1), xinit(1), xnews(1)
patch
Larry Wall's diff/patch program. See also: patch(1)
perl
Perl is an interpreted language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. The language is intended to be practical (easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal). An awk/sh/csh/sed replacement programming language. See also: perl(1), h2ph(1), a2p(1), s2p(1)
python
rcs
Revision Control System. See also: rcsintro(1), rcs(1), ci(1), co(1), rcsdiff(1), rlog(1)
tcsh
C shell with file name completion and command line editing. See also: tcsh(1)
TeX
Knuth's text formatting language. See also: tex(1), latex(1), slitex(1), mf(1)
updatedotfiles
Retrieve the latest default dot files. See also: updatedotfiles(1)
xdvi
X11 dvi previewer. See also: Xdvi(1), xdvi(1)
zip
Package and compress (archive) files. Compatible with PKZIP for MS-DOS. See also: zipcloak(1), zipnote(1), zipsplit(1), compress(1), gzip(1)

Last updated October 07, 2005
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