Software on the Unix system 

Below is a list of software installed on the Interactive Unix Service.
  • cvs - Concurrent Versioning System
  • emacs - editor
  • fvwm - X-windows manager
  • gauss - statistical analysis
  • genstat - statistical analysis
  • ghostscript - postscript viewer
  • ghostview - ghostscript front end
  • glim - Generalised Linear Interactive Modelling (statistical analysis)
  • gv - ghostscript front end
  • gzip - file compression
  • ispell - spell checker
  • java - java interpreter
  • jpeg - graphics library
  • latex - typesetting system
  • libpng - graphics library
  • libungif - graphics library
  • lindo - numerical analysis
  • lynx - text only web browser
  • lyx - GUI to LaTeX
  • maple - interactive computer algebra system
  • matlab - numerical programming package
  • microemacs - editor
  • mwm - Motif Window Manager
  • nag - Numerical Algorithms Group Fortran library
  • ncftp - FTP client
  • netpbm - graphics manipulation library
  • netscape - web browser
  • openssh - connection between machines
  • openssl - library
  • perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
  • pgp - Pretty Good Privacy encryption
  • plt - plotting program
  • postgresql - access to remote databases
  • psutils - PostScript utilities
  • R - statistical analysis
  • rcs - version control package
  • rsync - synchronise remote file systems
  • rxvt - terminal emulator
  • samba - filesharing & printing between Unix and Windows
  • screen - multiple window terminal emulator
  • sicstus - Prolog Language
  • splus - statistical analysis
  • stata - statistical analysis
  • t1lib - font manipulation library
  • Tcl/Tk80 - Tcl scripting language and toolkit
  • tetex - typesetting system
  • transfig - graphics transformation (related to LaTeX)
  • tsp43 - Time Series Processor (statistical analysis)
  • ue - microemacs editor
  • vim - editor (improved vi)
  • w3c-libwww - HTTP library
  • xfig - drawing software
  • xforms - GUI library
  • xloadimage - image viewer
  • xpdf - PDF viewer
  • xpm - image manipulation
  • zlib - compression utility

GNU software

See GNU Project & Free Software Foundation for more information.

  • autoconf - GNU configuration script creator
  • automake - GNU Makefile creator
  • bison - GNU parser generator
  • diffutils - GNU differences finder
  • flex - GNU text-scanning program generator
  • gcc - GNU compiler collection (C, C++, Objective C, Java, Fortran)
  • gdb - GNU debugger
  • gnuplot - GNU graph plotting program
  • groff - GNU document formatting system
  • gtar - GNU tape archive utility
  • m4 - GNU macro processor
  • make - GNU executable generator
  • mtools - GNU use DOS floppies on Unix
  • patch - GNU utility to apply changes to files
  • readline - GNU command line editor library
  • sed - GNU stream editor
  • slocate - GNU locate utility
  • tar - GNU tape archive utility
  • texinfo - GNU information reader
  • textutils - GNU LaTeX utilities

Homegrown software

There is also some software installed and supported by users of the system. Type: setup_homegrown to use this software.

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