This minimal list of software will be needed both at Harvard and at sea. Out-standing issues are noted in red and, for the most part, have been that way since 2002.

Compilers

• f77 - Currently located in /oceans/SUNWspro/bin/
• cpp - Currently located in /usr/local/bin/
• cc - Currently located in /oceans/SUNWspro/bin/

Libraries

• netCDF - Network Common Data Format - Currently located in /oceans/lib/, /oceans/include/
• NCAR Graphics - Currently located in /oceans/ncarg/
• pvm - Parallel Virtual Machine - Currently located in /oceans/bin/, /oceans/pvm3/
• LAPACK - Linear Algebra PACKage - currently located in /oceans/lib/ (lapack_SUN5SOL2.a). Built around:
• BLAS - Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms - currently located in /oceans/lib/ (blas_SUN5SOL2.a)

Software Maintenance

• sccs - Currently located in /usr/ccs/bin/
• rcs - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
  • ci
  • co
  • ident
  • rcs
  • rcsclean
  • rcsdiff
  • rcsmerge
  • rlog

Utilities

System
• workshop - Sun's new debugging tool - Currently located in /oceans/SUNWspro/bin/
• top - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• sdiff - Currently located in /bin/
• ssh - Currently located in /usr/local/bin/
• tar - Currently located in /bin/
• make - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
  • This is the GNU make, not the system make

2^nd Party
• gmake - GNU make - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• netCDF utilities
  • ncdump - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
  • ncstat - was located in /usr/local.export/
  • ncextr - was located in /usr/local.export/
  • ncgen - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
  • NCO: netCDF Operators a collection of operators (concatenators, averagers, etc) for netCDF files. Currently located in /oceans/nco-2.8.1, with documentation in /oceans/nco-2.7.4
• xv - view & convert images - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• ghostview - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• pageview - Currently located in /usr/openwin/bin/
• ps2epsi - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• ps2pdf - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• gnuplot - create some simple plots - Currently located in /opt/csw/bin/
• acroread - view PDF files - Currently located in /home/leslie/bin/solaris/
• imtools - Currently located in /oceans/imtools/

Word Processing

• TeX - Currently located in /oceans/bin/, /oceans/Tex/
• LATeX - Currently located in /oceans/bin/, /oceans/Tex/
• dvips - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• dviselect - Currently located in /oceans/bin/
• dvipage
• word perfect - Currently located in /oceans/wp60/wpbin/
• star office - Currently located in /opt/csw/bin/

Miscellaneous

• Matlab - Currently located in /oceans/matlab12/bin/
  • netCDF/Matlab interface - Currently located in
    • /oceans/matlab12/toolbox/mexcdf
    • /oceans/matlab12/toolbox/netcdf
    and put in the path by /oceans/matlab12/toolbox/local/pathdef.m as

     matlabroot,'/toolbox/mexcdf:',...
     matlabroot,'/toolbox/netcdf:',...
     matlabroot,'/toolbox/netcdf/nctype:',...
     matlabroot,'/toolbox/netcdf/ncutility:',...
    

  • getnc an interactive interface to the above. Should be put in the path by the above mechanism.
• Netscape

Documentation

Some of the more complicated elements in the above list really need to have plenty of documentation available. At a minimum, on-line documentation is necessary but access to printed manuals would be beneficial. Among the worst offenders are:

• Matlab
• workshop