What Runs Where: Full Table of Applications
Description: Services Front Description

What Runs Where
| Major Applications |
### Full Table:
| Help/Information Screen Accessories Communication Text Software Graphics Software Audio Software Numerical/Math Soft Languages/Debuggers Programming Libraries Simulation & Modeling Courseware Miscellaneous Utilities |
Help
| What's new? Tips for Using Athena Software Academic Computing locker configuration Web browser Java plugin issues Note on changing window managers |
| # What Runs Where on Athena: Full Table of Applications Table legend: y = yes, n = no, p = planned, b = broken Lnx = Intel/Linux, Sun = Sparc/Solaris
| Help/Information |
Athena Help | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
ahelp | y | y | andrew | help on Andrew System
Answerbook | y | y |  | now only on Web
apropos | y | y |  | finds man pages containing key words
athinfo | y | y |  | supplies info about workstation
info | y | y |  | information browser for gnu software
locate | y | n |  | finds files by matching path components
man, xman | y | y |  | standard UNIX man page viewer
olc, olc_answers | y | y |  | accesses on-line consultants and stock answers; stock answers on Web
olh | y | y |  | Athena-specific information; on Web
sendbug | y | y |  | bug reporting utility
stella | y | y |  | supplies, updates information about a workstation
tellme | y | y |  | tells public workstation root passwd, Athena cluster combo
whichlocker | y | y | outland | tells which locker a program is in
yelp | y | y |  | Gnome help browser- misc applications, system man and info pages
Database | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
mysql | y | y | mysql | mysql SQL client and server
Open Office Database | y | y |  | database component of Open Office office suite
sqlplus (Oracle client) | y | y | oracle8, oracle10g | Oracle database SQL client
Star Office Database | y | y | soffice | database component of Star Office office suite
MIT Information | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Course Descriptions & Schedules | y | y |  | runs on Web
cview, xcluster | y | y |  | displayes current Athena cluster usage
dash | y | y |  | displays pull-down command menus at top of screen
Humanities Lottery | y | y |  | Humanities Lottery on Web
Freshman Housing Lottery | y | y |  | lottery page on Web
Phys. Ed. Lottery | y | y |  | lottery page on Web
SIS | y | y |  | course information, grades, registration on Web
xmitdir | n | y | mitdir | MIT directory information; Web version
MIT Library Reference | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Ask Us! | y | y |  | library consultants on Web
First Search | y | y |  | bibliographic databases now on Web only (follow Provider Search->First Search) (MIT only)
Net Entrez, Cn3D | b | y | entrez | Life Science publication lookup, molecular structure viewer; on Web
Reference Materials | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Encyclopedia Britannica | y | y |  | runs on Web (MIT only)
Oxford English Dictionary | y | y |  | on Web (MIT only)
oed (Oxford English Dictionary) | y | y | outland | text-mode OED client (MIT only)
Shakespeare | y | y |  | on Web, here & here
thesaurus, xthesaurus | y | y | sipb | Thesaurus on Web
webster, xwebster (dictionary) | y | y | sipb | Web version
Wikipedia | y | y |  | online encyclopedia; runs on Web
Wordnet | y | y | wordnet | Encyclopedia and thesaurus-like utility; Web version
Internet Exploration | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Amaya | y | b | amaya | Web browser and authoring environment
firefox | y | y |  | default Athena Web browser
konqueror | y | b | kde | Web browser based on KDE desktop environment
lynx | y | y | infoagents | text-only Web browser
mozilla | y | y |  | Web browser
netscape | y | y | infoagents | Web browser
opera | y | b | opera | Web browser
scripts | y | y | scripts | Web hosting service allowing automatic configuration for many popular Web-basd services (MediaWiki, WordPress, Joomla...)
weblint | y | y | infoagents | checks html pages for correct syntax
w3m | y | y | sipb | terminal-based Web browser
Screen Accessories |
Window Managers | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
afterstep | y | y | windowmanagers | NeXTStep compatible window manager
ctwm | y | y | windowmanagers | twm variant
fvwm2 | y | y | windowmanagers | fvwm variant
fvwm95 | y | y | windowmanagers | fvwm variant
fvwm | y | y | windowmanagers | twm variant
gwm | y | y | windowmanagers |
icewm | y | y | windowmanagers |
lwm | y | y | windowmanagers |
metacity | y | y |  | Athena 9.4 default window manager
mwm | y | y |  | Athena 8.x default window manager
nawm | y | y | windowmanagers | substitute for a window manager
9wm | y | y | windowmanagers |
ratpoison | y | y | windowmanagers | minimalist window manager that maximizes screen space, avoids mouse use
twm | y | y |  |
vtwm.gamma | y | y | windowmanagers | twm variant
windowmaker | b | y | windowmanagers | NeXTStep compatible window manager
Utilities | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Eterm | b | y | outland | enhanced terminal emulator
gnomecal | y | y | outland | calendar
gnome-calculator | y | y |  | calculator
gnome-control-center | y | y |  | allows setting various desktop preferences
gnome-font-properties | y | y |  | allows changing desktop font attributes
gnome-terminal | y | y |  | enhanced terminal window
ical | y | y | tcl | calendar
less | y | y |  | bi-directional text pager
more | y | y |  | text pager
nautilus | y | y |  | file manager and desktop environment
pscal | y | y | postscript | hardcopy calendar
rxvt | y | y | outland | "slimmed down" terminal emulator
screen | y | y | gnu | screen manager that multiplexes a terminal between processes
sipb-xscreensaver | y | n | sipb | screensaver/locks screen; renamed former xscreensaver
TechTime | y | y |  | MIT-wide enterprise calendar system; on Web
vncviewer | y | y | outland | remote desktop viewing application
xcal | y | y | sipb | calendar
xcalc | y | y |  | calculator
xclock | y | y |  | clock
xfontsel | y | y |  | displays samples and information about available fonts
xload | y | y |  | load gauge
xscreensaver | y | y |  | standard screen saver/lock; Web info; formerly called xss
xtc | y | y | calendar | Athena calendar
xterm | y | y |  | creates new, empty terminal window
Communication |
Electronic Mail | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
alpine | y | y | alpine | text mail client; successor to pine
chpobox | y | y |  | utility that changes address mail is sent to
dist | y | y |  | allows forwarding mail while preserving mime enclosures
evolution | y | y |  | standard Athena GUI mail client; user guide
exmh | y | y | sipb | GUI/MIME enabled interface to MH mailer; Web info
from | y | y |  | utility that tells who mail is from
mailquota, mailusage | y | y |  | shows mail quota, disk space used by mail on P.O. server
metamail | y | y | mime | decodes multiple MIME mail enclosure formats; online info (old)
MH (nmh), xmh | y | y |  | basic mail handling suite
MH-e (emacs) | y | y |  | emacs interface to MH
mitmail utilities | y | y |  | utilities for manipulating and examining mail on IMAP servers
mutt | y | y | sipb | mail program; author Web pages
pine | y | y |  | standard Athena text mail client; author Web pages
pmail | y | y | sipb | mail program
RMAIL (emacs) | y | y |  | mail program invoked from emacs
thunderbird | y | y | thunderbird | mail client and newsgroup reader based on Mozilla engine
WebMail | y | y |  | Web-based mail system; local instructions
ytnef | y | y | outland | allows decoding attachments in MS winmail format files
Conferencing/NetNews | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
discuss, xdsc | y | y |  | standard Athena message board system; local online docs
DISCUSS-e (emacs) | y | y |  | emacs interface to discuss; local online docs
GNUS-e (emacs) | y | y |  | news reader accessed through emacs; local online docs
Google Groups | y | y |  | on the Web
Mozilla Newsgroups | y | y |  | internal Mozilla Newsgroup reader
thunderbird | y | y | thunderbird | mail client and newsgroup reader based on Mozilla engine
tin | b | y | sipb | news reader
trn, xrn | y | y | sipb | news reader; local online docs
Dialup/File Transfer | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
ftp | y | y |  | file transfer program
kermit | y | y |  | serial data transfer program
MindTerm applet (remote Athena login) | y | y |  | remote login Java applet; access via Web
rlogin, telnet | y | y |  | remote login program
ssh | y | y |  | secure remote login, file transfer program; OpenSSH Web page; local Web page, ssh on Athena dialups
uuencode, uudecode | y | y |  | program to transfer files via Email
x3270 | y | y |  | IBM 3270 terminal emulator
Zmodem (rz, sz) | y | y | sipb | serial data transfer program
Real-Time Communication | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
BarnOwl | y | y | barnowl | curses-based IM client supporting zephyr/aim/jabber protocols
gaim | y | y |  | multi-protocol instant message client; information
jwrite | y | y |  | command-line IM client for users with Jabber accounts
owl | y | y | ktools | stand-alone, tty-based instant messaging client; supports Zephyr, AIM protocols
talk | y | y | sipb | text instant messaging program
write | y | y |  | text instant messaging program
xlite | y | n | outland | voIP phone client (SIP account required to use)
xzewd, xzul | y | y | outland | zephyr GUI wrapper, displays "buddy lists" of selected online users
Zephyr (zwrite, zlocate, zctl) | y | y |  | standard Athena instant messaging system; local online docs
Text Software |
Text/HTML | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
AbiWord | y | y | abiword | word processor
Applix HTML Author | y | y | applix | html editor component of Applixware office suite
Applix Words | y | y | applix | word processor component of Applixware office suite
dvips | y | y |  | utility that converts dvi files to PostScript
Emacs | y | y |  | standard UNIX text editor; local online docs
enscript | y | y |  | utility that prints text files on PostScript printers
eq | y | y | andrew | Andrew System equation formatter
ez | y | y | andrew | Andrew System text editor; local online docs
FrameMaker | n | y | frame | desktop publishing application: 7.2 docs, local Web page, local online docs
gedit | y | y |  | lightweight text editor
HoTMetaL Pro | n | y | hotmetal | html editor; vendor docs; 3.0 requires X server in 8 bit mode (old)
html2ps | y | y | outland | utility that converts html to PostScript; author Web site
ispell | y | y |  | spelling checker
jedit | y | y | jedit | text editor with many syntax highlighting modes and built-in scripting language
latex, tex | y | y |  | standard UNIX text formatting system; local online docs
latex2html | y | y | infoagents | utility that converts latex files to html; online docs
LyX | y | y | lyx | structured document authoring application
mapedit | y | y | cwis | utility that creates clickable image maps for Web pages; needs X server in 8 bit mode
Mozilla Composer | y | y |  | internal Mozilla HTML editor
mswordview (wvWare) | y | y | consult, outland | utility that converts MS Word docs to html, other formats; author Web site
nedit | y | y | editors | text editor
Open Office html Editor | y | y |  | html editor component of Open Office office suite
Open Office Word Processor | y | y |  | word processor component of Open Office office suite
pdftex, pdflatex | y | y |  | utility that converts tex and latex files to pdf
pico | y | y | sipb | simple text editor
ps2pdf | y | y |  | utility that converts PostScript files to pdf
Star Office html Editor | y | y | soffice | html editor component of Star Office office suite
Star Office Word Processor | y | y | soffice | word processor component of Star Office office suite
TeXmacs | y | y | texmacs | "scientific" word processor, allowing embedded math formulas; author site
troff, psroff | y | y |  | text formatting application
TtH (Tex to html) | y | y | tth | utility that converts latex math equations to html; online docs
vi | y | y |  | standard UNIX modal text editor
vim, nvi | y | y | sipb | vi editor variants
WebEQ | y | y | webeq | utility for representing math notation in html pages; online docs, local Web page
xcoral | y | y | editors | text editor
XEmacs | y | y | xemacs | GUI emacs variant; online info
Text Previewers | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Acrobat | y | y | acro | applications that create and read documents in pdf format; Lnx: reader only
Ghostscript | y | y |  | PostScript file viewer; Web docs
ghostview | y | y | gnu | Ghostscript front end
gpdf | y | y |  | pdf file viewer
gv | y | y |  | better Ghostscript front end
xchm | y | y | xchm | chm (compiled html help) file viewer
xdvi | y | y |  | dvi file viewer
xpdf | y | y | outland | pdf file viewer
Graphics Software |
Graphics (drawing) | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Applix Graphics | y | y | applix | drawing component of Applixware office suite
Applix Presents | y | y | applix | presentation graphics component of Applixware office suite
bitmap | y | y |  | bitmap file editor
convert (ImageMagick) | y | y |  | utility to convert to/from various image formats
CorelDRAW | n | y | corel | drawing/presentation graphics suite (old)
dia | y | y | dia | drawing program for creating diagrams; author Web site, with documentation
DjVu Libre utilities | y | y | djvu | toolset for manipulating DjVu image files; author Web pages
eagle | y | n | eaglecad | circuit board design application; vendor site
eog | y | y |  | image file viewer
FreeWRL | y | y | freewrl | VRML2/VRML97/X3D file viewer
FWTools (openev) | y | n | fwtools | utilities for viewing and manipulating GIS image data; supports multiple formats including jpeg2000
geomview | y | y | geomview | 3d image viewer; author Web pages; Web docs
gerbv | y | y | gerbv | Gerber circuit board design file viewer
gimp | y | y | graphics, gimp-2.2 | image manipulation application; author Web page
GLE | y | y | gle | language for generating 2d graphics
GLUT | y | y | glut | toolkit for building OpenGL graphics applications
GNU plot utilities (graph) | y | y | sipb | utility for plotting graphs in various image formats
inkscape | y | y | inkscape | GUI editor for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing files
ipe | y | y | ipe | extensible drawing editor that interfaces to LaTeX
ivview | y | y | inventor | VRML1/Inventor file viewer
Magicpoint | y | y | magicpoint | utility for presenting slide shows
NetPBM Utilities | y | y | graphics | utility to convert to/from various graphic formats
NetPBM Utilities (Lnx) | y | n |  | utility to convert to/from various graphic formats
OpenGL | y | y |  | 3d graphics libraries
Open Inventor | y | y | inventor | 3d image generation system; local Web page
Open Office Drawing | y | y |  | drawing component of Open Office office suite
Open Office Presentation Graphics | y | y |  | presentation graphics component of Open Office office suite
orbisnap | y | y | orbisnap | VRML2/VRML97 file viewer
POV-Ray | y | y | povray | ray-tracing image renderer
pstoedit | y | y | sipb | utility to convert PostScript files to editable formats
raster | y | y | andrew | Andrew System image editor
rayshade | y | y | rayshade | ray-tracing image renderer
Renderman | y | n | renderman | graphics libraries for image rendering; online docs
Scribus | y | y | scribus | page layout application
Star Office Drawing | y | y | soffice | drawing component of Star Office office suite
Star Office Presentation Graphics | y | y | soffice | presentation graphics component of Star Office office suite
tgif | y | y | sipb | structured drawing program; info on Web
Xara LX | y | n | xaralx | multifeatured vector graphics drawing program; author site
xcircuit | y | y | xcircuit | drawing program for circuit diagrams; Author Web site
xdpr | n | y |  | utility that prints window images
xfig | y | y | sipb | drawing program
xpaint | y | y | graphics | drawing program
xv | y | y | graphics | image file viewer; online manual
xwd, xwud | y | y |  | utility that saves window images to files
Graphics (CAD) | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
ac3d | y | n | ac3d | 3d image modeler
blender | y | y | blender | 3d modeling, animation, rendering, post-production and playback application
Maya | y | n | maya_v6.0 | high end modeling, visual effects and animation tool; limited availability (see detail description)
Pro-Engineer | y | y | ptc | high-end CAD application
QCad | y | y | qcad | 2d CAD application
Graphics (video) | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
mpeg_play | b | y | graphics | mpeg-1 movie player; needs X server in 8 bit mode
mplayer | y | y | outland | video media file player that can handle multiple formats
sdr | b | b | mbone | utilitity that receives and displays live video broadcasts
xanim | y | y | graphics | utility that plays video animations
xine | y | b | outland | video media file player that can handle multiple formats
Audio Software |
audioconvert | n | y |  | utility that converts Sun Audio files to/from various formats
audioplay | n | y |  | Sun audio player
gnome-cd | b | b |  | audio CD player
gnome-volume-control | y | n |  | utility that controls audio source, volume on Linux
mpg123 | y | y | infoagents | mp3 player
play (sox) | y | n |  | utility that plays various audio formats
RealPlayer | y | y |  | RealAudio/Video player
sdtaudio | n | y |  | simple Sun audio recorder, player
sdtaudiocontrol | n | y |  | utility to control audio source, volume on Suns
showaudio | y | y | infoagents | audio player
xmcd | b | b | sipb | audio CD player
xmms | b | n |  | mp3 player
xplay | n | y | infoagents | audio player
Numerical/Math Software |
Analysis/Plotting Software | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
dc | y | y |  | desk calculator
euler | y | y | euler | interactive numerical analysis language with notebooks, graphics capabilities
fityk | y | n | fityk | fits curves to experimental data points
gnuplot | y | y | gnuplot | data plotting utility; FAQ
Grace | y | y | grace | 2d numerical plotting; Web page, local documentation
jmp | y | n | sasjmp | graphics-based statistical data exploration and discovery
K3DSurf | y | y | k3dsurf | visualization of mathematical surfaces described by equations in 3d to 6d
maple, mint | y | y | maple | symbolic math system; local Web page, local documentation
Mathematica | y | y | math | symbolic math system
matlab, simulink | y | y | matlab | digital signal processing & data analysis system; local Web page, online docs for latest release, FAQ
maxima | y | y | maxima | freely distributable symbolic algebra system; local documentation
nickle | y | y | 5c | desk calculator, prototyper for numerical algorithms
octave | y | y | octave | digital signal processing & data analysis system
ParaView | y | y | paraview | 3d data analysis and visualization
PARI/GP | y | y | pari-gp | computer algebra system designed for fast computations in number theory
R | y | y | r | statistical analysis and graphics system
SAGE | y | n | sage | pure and applied mathematics system incorporating notebooks and interfaces to other mathematics applications
sas | y | n | sas | statistical analysis system; local Web page
scilab | y | y | scilab | scientific software for numeric computation, digital signal processing & data analysis
singular | y | y | singular | computer algebra system for polynomial computations; local online docs
splus | y | y | splus | statistical analysis system; local Web page
stata | y | y | stata | statistical analysis system
tecplot | y | y | tecplot | sophisticated data plotting system; local Web page, online User's Manual
Spreadsheets | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
Applix Spreadsheets | y | y | applix | spreadsheet component of Applixware office suite
gnumeric | y | y | gnumeric | GNU spreadsheet; developer page
Open Office Spreadsheet | y | y |  | spreadsheet component of Open Office office suite
sc | b | y | sipb | simple spreadsheet
Star Office Spreadsheet | y | y | soffice | spreadsheet component of Star Office office suite
table | y | y | andrew | Andrew System spreadsheet and table component
xess | y | y | xess | sophisticated, programmable spreadsheet; local Web page, online docs
Languages/Debuggers |
C | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
cc | y | y | sunsoft | Sun C compiler
gcc | y | y |  | gnu C compiler; also in gnu, gcc-3.2, gcc-3.4, gcc-4.0 lockers; gcc Web page
lint | y | y | sunsoft | Sun C code checker
C++ | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
CC | y | y | sunsoft | Sun C++ compiler
g++ | y | y |  | gnu C++ compiler; also in gnu, gcc-3.2, gcc-3.4, gcc-4.0 lockers; gcc Web page
FORTRAN | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
f2c | n | y | fortran | utility that converts FORTRAN->C
f77 | y | y | sunsoft | Sun FORTRAN 77 compiler
g77, gfortran | y | y |  | gnu FORTRAN 77/90 compiler; also in gnu, gcc-3.4, gcc-4.0 lockers; recent news
f90/f95 | y | y | sunsoft | Sun FORTRAN 90/95 compiler
ftnchek | y | y | fortran | lint-like utility for checking FORTRAN code
Other Languages | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
mlisp (Allegro Common Lisp) | y | y | acl | Common Lisp compiler/interpreter; local 8.0 Web documentation
AMPL | y | y | oplstudio | modeling language for mathematical programming ; limited availability (see detail description)
awk | y | y |  | pattern scanning language interpreter
clisp | y | y | clisp | Common Lisp compiler/interpreter
Clojure | y | y | clojure | LISP-like dynamic programming language based on Java
cobra | y | n | mono | Cobra language compiler, running within Mono environment
cT | y | n | ct | interactive, graphics based language interpreter; cT information page
drscheme | y | y | drscheme | Scheme interpreter, development environment; online manual
EiffelStudio | y | y | eiffel | IDE and command-line compiler for Eiffel programming language; docs
Erlang | y | y | erlang | compiler and runtime for Erlang functional programming language; local docs
fsc (F# compiler, mono) | y | n | mono | F# compiler, running within Mono environment
Gambas | y | n | gambas | IDE for Visual Basic-like language; documentation site
gcj | y | y |  | gnu Java compiler; also in also in gnu, gcc-3.2, gcc-4.0 lockers
gdc (D language compiler) | y | n | d | D language native compiler, based on gcc
GDL (IDL clone) | y | n | gdl | interpreter, incremental compiler for GNU Data Language
ghc (Glasgow Haskell Compiler) | y | y | ghc | compiler, interpreter for Haskell functional programming language; local docs
gprolog | y | y | gprolog | interpreter, compiler for Prolog programming language
Hugs 98 (Haskell) | y | y | hugs | interactive programming environment for Haskell 98 programming language
J | y | n | j | mathematical programming language related to APL with full graphics capabilities
Java Development Kit | y | y | java | Java programming language tool suite; local Web page
jikes | y | y | jikes | Java compiler; home page
jython | y | y | jython | python interpreter that allows direct access to Java classes
logo | y | y | logo | interactive, graphics based language interpreter
lua | y | y | outland | extensible, general- purpose scripting language designed for speed and ease of use
mcs (C# compiler, mono) | y | y | mono | C# compiler, part of Mono computing environment
nasm | y | n | nasm | 80x86 assembler, supports range of object formats and macros
newLISP | y | y | newlisp | extensible, embeddable lisp-like scripting language
OCaml | y | y | ocaml | compiler, interpreter for Caml functional programming language
pc (Pascal) | n | y | sunsoft_v5.1 | standard Pascal compiler
Perl 4 | b | y | perl | multi-purpose scripting language interpreter; online docs
Perl 5 | y | y |  | multi-purpose scripting language interpreter; online docs
python 2.3 | y | y |  | general purpose scripting language interpreter; also NumPy numeric package
python 2.5 | y | n | python | general purpose scripting language interpreter
ruby | y | y | ruby-lang | object-oriented scripting language interpreter
scala | y | y | scala | object-oriented, functional language that interoperates with Java and .NET
scheme | y | y | scheme | MIT Scheme language interpreter
SCM | y | y | scm | Scheme interpreter; online manual
sml (Standard ML of New Jersey) | y | y | smlnj | compiler and development environment for ML functional programming language
SWI Prolog | y | y | swiprolog | Prolog language compiler, development environment
yorick | y | y | yorick | interpreted scientific language with graphics support
Debuggers/Development Environments | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
adb | n | y |  | general-purpose program debugger
ant | y | y | sipb | Java build tool, conceptually similar to "make"
CMake | y | y | cmake | cross-platform build system generator
dbx | y | y | sunsoft | Sun debugger for a variety of languages
Eclipse | y | y | eclipse-sdk | open, extensible IDE with Java implementation
Forte for Java | y | y | forte | Java integrated development environment
gdb | y | y | gnu | gnu debugger
gdb (Lnx) | y | n |  | gnu debugger
Java Studio | n | y | studio | Sun Java development environment (old)
Java Studio Creator | y | y | jscreator | Sun Java development environment for Web-based applications
Java Studio Enterprise | y | y | jsenterprise | Sun Java enterprise development environment
Java Workshop | n | y | workshop | Sun Java development environment (old)
JBuilder Personal Edition | y | y | jbuilder | Borland Java development environment
Sun Studio | y | y | sunsoft | Sun Integrated development environment
NetBeans | y | y | netbeans | Sun Java development environment
TotalView | y | n | totalview | C, C++ and Fortran debugger for multiprocessor and multithreaded systems
valgrind | y | n |  | profiler, Linux/i386 dynamic memory allocation debugger
Workshop, Visual Workshop | n | y | sunsoft_v6.1a | Sun C/C++ GUI development environment.; online docs (old)
Programming Libraries |
Graphics Libraries | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
OpenDX | y | y | opendx | 3d data visualization system
Visualization Toolkit | y | y | vtkit | graphics library toolkit for 3d image visualization; author Web page
Math Libraries | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
GNU Scientific Library | y | y | gnusl | numerical analysis library; online docs
IMSL Numerical Libraries | y | y | imsl | numerical libraries for scientific and statistical computation
IT++ | y | y | itpp | mathematical and digital signal processing library; online docs
LAPACK | y | y | lapack_v3.0-06 | numeric linear algebra libraries; documentation
Netlib | y | y |  | archive containing Lapack, other code; runs on Web
Numerical Recipes | y | y | recipes | numerical analysis library; online books
User Interfaces/Widgets | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
Andrew Toolkit | y | y | andrew | multi-component GUI and application development environment
boost C++ libraries | y | y | boost | multipurpose additions to the C++ Standard Library
FLTK | y | y | fltk | cross-platform C++ GUI builder and widget toolkit
guile | y | y | guile | version of the Scheme programming language that can be used as an embedded scripting language
Motif | y | y |  | dynamic and static libraries of 2d X Windows graphics "widgets"; (Lnx), dynamic only (Sun)
PerlQt | y | n | perlqt_v3.009 | Perl interface to Qt GUI toolkit
Qt | y | y | qt-dynamic, qt-static | C++ based GUI builder and "widget" set; online docs
Swing (Java) | b | y | swing_v1.1 | supplementary Java graphics libraries; online docs
Tcl, Tk | y | y |  | programming environment for creating GUI interfaces
Wcl | y | y | wcl | library allowing look-and-feel of "widget"-based apps to be specified in Xrm resource files
Xaw, Xt, Xlib | y | y |  | dynamic and static libraries of 2d X Windows graphics "widget" components
Simulation & Modeling |
Bioinformatics | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENTS
AFNI | y | n | seven | viewing & analysis of functional MRI brain images
Biopython | y | y | seven | gene sequence processing and analysis tools
BLAST | y | y | blast | application for finding regions of local similarity between molecular sequences
CLC Free Sequence Viewer | y | y | clcbio | tool suite for bioinformatics analysis
clustalw | y | y | clustalw | general purpose multiple sequence alignment program for DNA or proteins
emboss | y | y | emboss | collection of tools for molecular analysis of genomic data
Geneious | y | n | geneious | integrated bioinformatics tool suite for manipulating, finding and exploring biological data
GENSCAN | y | y | seven | tool for predicting locations and exon-intron structures of genes
hmmer | y | y | hmmer | set of tools that profile hidden Markov models for protein sequence analysis
meme/mast | y | y | meme | meme: tool for discovering motifs in a group of related DNA or protein sequences. mast: tool for searching biological databases for known motifs
NEURON | y | y | neuron | simulator of neurons and networks of neurons; Web page
Osprey | y | y | osprey | tool for visualization of biological interaction networks
phylip | y | y | phylip | collection of tools for inferring phylogenies
primer3 | y | y | primer3 | program for designing Polymerase Chain Reaction primers
Circuit Design | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
awaves | n | y | hspice | analog circuit simulator for steady-state and transient circuits; Linux version: Hspice only
Field Simulation | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
hfss | y | y | ansoft | high frequency Maxwell equation solver
maxwell | y | y | ansoft | electromagnetic 2d and 3d field simulator
Finite Element Analysis | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
adina | n | y | adina | finite-element design application; limited availability (see detail description)
CalculiX | y | y | calculix | 3d structural analysis finite-element program, with pre- and post-processor
EasyMesh | y | y | easymesh | 2d Delaunay mesh generator
Elmer | y | y | elmer | multiphysics finite-element application
FreeFem++ | y | n | freefempp | 2d finite-element analysis, partial differential equation solver
OpenFOAM | y | n | openfoam | libraries and tools for computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics applications
tetgen | y | y | tetgen | 3d tetrahedral mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator
triangle | y | y | triang | 2d mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator
Geographic Information Systems | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
ArcExplorer | y | y | arcims | Geographic Information System file viewer; docs
ArcInfo/ArcView | n | y | arcinfo, arcview | Geographic Information System programming environment; local Web page
Molecular Modeling & Dynamics | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
babel | y | y | xdrawchem | utility that converts molecular description files to/from other formats
Cambridge Structural Database | y | y | cambsd | database of chemical and crystallographic information for small organic and metal-organic compounds
ChemDraw | n | y | chemdraw | GUI, "drag-and-drop" interface for building, manipulating chemical formulas; needs X server in 8 bit mode (old)
CPMD | y | y | cpmd | parallelized plane wave/pseudopotential implementation of Density Functional Theory
Deep View (Swiss-Pdb viewer) | y | n | deepview | structural analysis and display of protein molecular chemistry models; online docs
Discovery Studio Visualizer | y | n | dsvisualizer | visualization and analysis of molecular images and sequences
Espresso | y | n | espresso | programs for quantum-mechanical simulations based on Density Functional Theory
Gaussian, Gaussview | y | y | gaussian | computational molecular chemistry modeler
Jmol | y | y | jmol | 3d molecule image viewer in Java
Mercury | y | y | hg | crystal structure visualization tool
molden | y | y | molden | application that computes and displays molecular density patterns
molekel | y | y | molekel | 3d molecule image viewer
molscript | y | n | molscript | tool for generating 3d molecular images
platon | y | y | platon | crystallographic computational chemistry tool
pymol | y | y | pymol | multi-featured molecular structure viewer
rasmol | y | y | rasmol | 3d molecule image viewer; local online docs
Star Biochem | y | y |  | 3d Java molecular viewing application, accessible on Web
VMD | y | y | vmd | 3d molecule image viewer, supports animation, rendering; local docs
Xaim | y | y | xaim | GUI interface to programs that compute and display molecular chemistry distributions
XCrySDen | y | y | xcrysden | crystalline and molecular structure visualization program
XDrawChem | y | n | xdrawchem | 2d chemical formula drawing program
Other Simulations | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
CHEMKIN | y | y | chemkin | gas phase chemical kinetics analysis simulation
Electric VLSI | y | y | electric | VLSI circuit design and simulation application
ePhysics | y | y | ansoft | interactive software package for analyzing thermal and structural deformation and stress
gEDA | y | y | geda | suite of of electronic design tools, currently offering schematic capture and simulation tools
GNU Linear Programming Kit | y | y | glpk | solver/library routines for solving linear programming problems
ipopt | y | y | ipopt | large-scale nonlinear optimization package
lpsolve | y | y | lpsolve | Mixed Integer Linear Programming solver
Magic | y | y | magic-vlsi | interactive editor for VLSI layouts
Meep, MPB, Harminv | y | y | meep, sunmeep | utilities for analysis of time-domain signals
oof | y | y | oof | computation of macroscopic material properties from images of microstructure
OPL Studio | y | y | oplstudio | simulation modeling for mathematical programming and combinational optimization in the OPL modeling language; limited availability (see detail description)
sketch | y | y | sketch | software synthesis tool for rapid development of tuned, bug-free algorithm implementations
snopt | y | y | snopt | general-purpose solver for constrained optimization
spin | y | y | spin | LTL model checking system in asynchronous software systems design; local online docs
Virtualization | Lnx | Sun | LOCKER | COMMENT
vmplayer (VMware) | y | n |  | virtual machine player from VMware
Courseware |
olta | y | y | olta | utility for accessing online course TAs; online docs (old)
Miscellaneous Utilities |
ADSM/TSM backup | y | y | adsm | network backup system; local online info, pdf manual
attach-usb, detach-usb | y | y | consult | mounts, unmounts USB flash drive on local machine
blanche | y | y |  | Moira list maintenance utility; Web version (MIT only)
cdrecord | y | n |  | records data on CD-R, CD-R/W drives
clean | y | y | consult | removes control characters from text files (converts DOS to UNIX newlines)
CVS | y | y | gnu | version control system
dos2unix, unix2dos | n | y |  | converts text file newline between UNIX/DOS formats
dsgrep | y | y |  | utility to search Discuss meetings for text strings
fs commands | y | y |  | AFS file system commands; online docs
g3data | y | y | g3data | extracts numeric data values from graphs published in image format
git | y | n | git | fast, scalable distributed version control system
GnuCash | y | b | gnucash | personal finance manager
gpg | y | y | gnu | tool for encrypting and digitally signing files; Web page
helpquota | y | y | consult | utility that helps deal with "over quota" problems
hesinfo | y | y |  | Hesiod information utility (users, filesystems..)
hfs, xhfs | y | y | hfstools | Macintosh disk access utility
lastupd | y | y | consult | utility that tells when mail hubs were last updated
listmaint | y | y |  | Moira list maintenance utility; Web version (MIT only)
lookup | y | y | consult | utility to find server a locker is on
lsof | y | n |  | lists open files on computer
mailmaint | y | y |  | mailing list maintenance utility
hg (Mercurial) | y | y | mercurial | source code management system
moira | y | y |  | interface to Moira database; also on Web (MIT only)
Mtools, mtoolsfm | y | y | mtools | PC/ZIP disk access utility suite
nautilus-cd-burner | y | n |  | records iso images on CD-R, CD-R/W drives
pgp | y | y | pgp | mail encryption utility; local info, quickstart guide
pkgadd | n | y |  | Sun package installer
pkginfo | n | y |  | lists information about installed Sun packages
pkgrm | n | y |  | Sun package uninstaller
ps | y | y |  | lists processes running on computer
rblanche | y | y | consult | utility for recursively listing members of mailing lists
recode | y | y | gnu | utility that converts files between character sets and "surfaces"
renew, grenew | y | y |  | renews user's Kerberos tickets and AFS tokens
rpm | y | n |  | Linux package installer, uninstaller
rp3, usernet | y | n | outland | network load monitors
samba | y | y | samba | client for access to SMB/CIFS/DFS resources on Windows file servers
saplogon | y | y | sapgui | access client to SAP database
setup | y | y |  | utility that attaches lockers, performs initialization commands
svn (Subversion) | y | y | svn | version control system
units | y | y |  | converts physical quantities between different units
weather | y | y | weather | weather information utility
wine | y | n | wine | utility for running Windows applications on Linux
xephem | y | y | xephem | interactive application that tracks and plots positions of celestial objects
zap-firefox-certs, zap-mozilla-certs | y | y | infoagents | deletes damaged or expired browser certificates
Zip utilities | y | y |  | data compression utilities

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