Colorado State University

Department of Mathematics

Unix Software Applications

Updated:  Nov 18, 2009

Last ten programs upgraded:  

ssh
java
R
seamonkey
firefox
gdb
tcsh
acroread
gzip
wget

A partial list of software in math department, all in /usr/local/bin.

These programs have been built on several architectures:

Solaris (stokes)
Linux (crackshot)
Linux (mycroft, PRIMES)
Linux x86_64, CentOS 5.4 (peclet) 

'all' under 'machines' below refers to these three platforms.

Short descriptions of these programs are at the bottom of the file.

Program Name            Version         How to Invoke         Machines
------------            -------         -------------         --------
abiword                 2.4.6             abiword               Linux
acroread                8.1.7             acroread              Linux
alpine                  2.00              alpine                all
bash                    4.0               bash                  all
bison                   2.4               bison -y              all 
bzip2                   1.0.5             bzip2/bunzip2         all
coreutils               7.5               various               all
cpio                    2.10              cpio                  all
diffutils               2.8.1             diff                  all
elm                     2.4ME+ PL124 (25) elm                   all
emacs                   22.3              emacs                 all
enscript                1.6.3 (beta)      enscript -2r (e.g)    all
file                    5.03              file                  all
findutils               4.4.2             find                  all
firefox                 3.1.5             firefox      PRIMES, 64-bit Linux    
flash plugin            9.0r246           plugin for browsers   Linux
flex                    2.5.35            flex                  all 
ftnchek                 3.2.2             ftnchek               all
fvwm2                   2.4.20            fvwm2                 all
g95                     0.90              g95                   all
gap                     4r4               gap                   all
gawk                    3.1.7             gawk                  all
gcc suite               3.4.6             gcc, g++, g77         all
gdb                     7.0               gdb                   all
ghostscript             8.64              gs                    all
gnumeric                1.4.3             gnumeric              Linux
gpg                     1.4.9             gpg                   all
grep                    2.5.4             grep                  all
groff                   1.20.1            groff                 all
gv                      3.6.5             gv                    all
gzip                    1.3.13            gzip                  all
ispell                  3.1.20            ispell                all
java                    1.6.0_17      /usr/local/java/bin/java  all
kermit                  8.0.211           kermit                all
less                    436               less                  all
lynx                    2.8.6             lynx                  all
m4                      1.4.11            m4                    all
make                    3.81              gmake                 all
maple                   13.01             maple/xmaple          not PRIMES
matlab                  R2008b            matlab                Linux
mcvert                  2.16              mcvert                all 
mpack/munpack           1.5               mpack/munpack         all
mtools                  4.0.11            mdir, mtype ...       all
mutt                    1.5.20            mutt                  all
ncftp                   3.2.3             ncftp                 all
octave                  2.1.50            octave                all
patch                   2.5.4             patch                 all
perl                    5.10.0            perl                  all
pico                    4.1               pico                  all
pine                    4.64              pine.old              all
python                  2.3.3             python                all
R                       2.10.0            R                     Linux
sage                    3.0.6             sage                  Linux
screen                  4.0.3             screen                all
seamonkey               2.0               seamonkey             Linux
sed                     4.2               sed                   all
sharutils               4.6.3             shar,unshar           all
ssh (openssh)           5.3p1             slogin hostname       all
star                    1.5               star                  all
Sun Compilers           See the end of this file
tar                     1.22              tar                   all
tcsh                    6.17.00           tcsh                  all
texinfo                 4.13              info                  all
tin                     1.8.3             tin                   all
thunderbird             2.0.0.23          thunderbird           all
top                     3.5beta12         top                   all
unrar                   3.8.5             unrar                 all
vim                     7.2               vim                   all 
xkeycaps                2.43              xkeycaps              all
xnviewMP                0.12              xnview                Linux 
xrn                     9.02              xrn                   all
wget                    1.12              wget                  all
word2x                  0.005             word2x                all
zip/unzip               3.0 / 5.52        zip / unzip           all
zmodem                  3.48              rz / sz               all

---

Descriptions:

abiword -- lite Microsoft Word clone
acroread -- Adobe pdf viewer
alpine -- latest version of pine mail program
bash -- gnu "bourne again" shell
bison  --- gnu yacc clone
bzip2 -- another file compressor, even better than gzip
coreutils -- gnu file, text and shell utilities
cpio -- gnu cpio
elm -- a friendly interactive mailer
emacs -- gnu emacs editor
enscript -- convert text files to PostScript, HTML, RTF and others
diffutils -- "Diff" utilities, diff, diff3, cmp
file -- educated guess as to what a file contains
findutils -- gnu find 
firefox -- Next Generation of Mozilla Browser, was firebird
flex -- gnu lex clone
ftnchek -- fortran program checker (mostly semantic)
fvwm2 -- friendly? (see man page) virtual window manager
g95 -- Fortran 95 compiler
gap -- Groups, Algorithms and Programming
gawk -- gnu awk
gcc suite -- gnu C, gnu c++, gnu fortran ...
gdb -- gnu debugger
ghostscript -- postscript viewer, graphics format converter
gnumeric -- Gnome spreadsheet, Excel clone
gpg -- Gnu Privacy Guard
grep -- gnu grep
groff -- gnu Troff
gv -- postscript and PDF previewer, front end to ghostscript
gzip -- gnu zip; better compression than compress
ispell -- interactive spelling checker
java -- programming language
kermit -- latest version of kermit; supports up to 2K blocks
less -- pager, opposite of more
lynx -- Ascii WWW browser
m4 -- gnu macro processor
make -- gnu make
maple/xmaple -- Waterloo symbolic math package
matlab -- Mathworks matlab
mcvert -- Mac binhex 4.0 conversion utility
mpack/munpack -- mime (base64) encoder/decoder
mtools -- tools for reading/writing MSDOS files to/from floppy
mutt -- mail program that combines features from elm, pine and mh
ncftp -- a better ftp
octave -- matlab clone
patch -- gnu patch program; apply patches to source
python -- another language, some like it better than perl
R -- clone of S-plus
sage -- a mathematics software system
screen -- multi-vt100 screen manager (do not download when using this)
seamonkey -- use instead of netscape or mozilla
sed -- gnu sed
sharutils -- gnu versions of shar, unshar, uuencode and uudecode
ssh -- secure shell; use slogin instead of rlogin or telnet
star -- another tar; more standards-compliant than gnu tar
tar -- gnu tar
tcsh -- a better csh
texinfo -- A gnu .info file reader
thunderbird -- graphical mail program; the other half of firefox 
tin -- news reader
top -- see top cpu processes
unrar -- extract files from .rar archives
vim -- vi improved, text editor
wget -- non-interactive network downloader
word2x -- convert Word documents to text (and latex); don't expect too much
xkeycaps -- X interface to xmodmap; remap keys in X
xnview -- a free X image displayer (many formats)
xrn -- X news reader
zip/unzip -- DOS (PKZIP) compatible zip / unzip programs
zmodem -- file transfer program

**************

Sun Compilers -- Sun Studio 11.  This includes f77, f90, f95, cc, CC, and 
everything else that comes with it, all in /opt/SUNWspro/bin on the Sun 
machines.


 
CSU Math Home Page
College of Natural Sciences
CSU Home Page

Last modified on: