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Local Software Packages For Linux

Package Name Version/
Installation
Info
Paths for:
Source
Executable
Useful Information What Is It?
IRAF V2.12-2 /usr/local/iraf
/usr/local/bin
Beginner's Guide
IRAF Homepage
Image Reduction and Analysis Facility. Huge clumsy system for reducing astronomical images.
The following packages are run under IRAF:
STSDAS V2.0.1
8/10/98, philf
    Numerous tasks for reducing HST data and other images
TABLES V2.0.1
8/10/98, philf
    Handle STSDAS-format tables
IMCNV       Convert between various image formats, including color
IMMATCH       Register images
PROS       Reduce X-ray Data
MCSRED       Reduce CCD Mosaic Images
MOSRED       Reduce BTC Data
RVSAO v2.0
9/4/99 GMB
  Harvard's RVSAO Page Reduce BTC Data
SM V2.4.13 /usr/local/sm
/usr/local/bin
Manual
Tutorial
SM Homepage
Interactive and callable plotting package
PGPLOT V8.5 -lpgplot -lX11 Online Guide Callable plotting package
Ghostview V1.5
12/6/97 ???
/usr/local/ghostview-1.5
/usr/local/bin
man page Display Postscript files on X11 screen.
Ghostscript V5.10
7/22/98 GMB
/usr/local/ghostscript-5.10
/usr/local/bin
man pages Rasterize postscript/PDF files. Used by ghostview, XV, etc.
TeX V3.1415
9/3/99 gmb
/usr/local/tetex
/usr/local/bin
man pages;
numerous books available.
THE standard scientific text formatting program.
LaTeX LaTeX2e
9/3/99 gmb
/usr/local/tetex
/usr/local/bin
man pages;
numerous books available.
Standardized markup macros to run in TeX.
latex2html 98.1p1
12/11/98
gmb & philf
/usr/local/latex2html /usr/local/latex2html/docs Turn LaTeX into HTML
XDVI xdvik 18f
9/3/99 gmb
/usr/local/tetex/xdvik-18f
/usr/local/bin
man pages View TeX output (.dvi files) on X windows
DVIPS dvipsk-5.58f
9/3/99 gmb
/usr/local/tetex/dvipsk-5.58f
/usr/local/bin
man pages Convert TeX output (.dvi files) to Postscript files
Emacs V21.3-4.1
/usr/local/bin Complete "help" menu available within emacs Very powerful text editor
Openoffice V6
/usr/   Word Processor,Spreadsheet
Tk/Tcl Tk8.3.5
/usr/local/TkTcl
/usr/local/bin
/usr/local/TkTcl/man
Tcl Resources
Graphical interface and scripting language
Firefox V1.0 /usr/local/firefox-1.0
/usr/local/bin
  WWW Browser
Mozilla V1.4.4

/usr/local/mozilla
/usr/local/bin
  WWW Browser
Acrobat Reader V5.0.10
/usr/local/acroread
/usr/local/bin
"help" menu Display PDF files on X windows
GCC V3.2.3 /usr/local/bin man page GNU C compiler
(also C++)
FOCAS V3.3
10/24/97 gmb
/usr/local/focas
/usr/local/focas/bin
FAQ Faint Object Classification and Analysis Software
SExtractor V2.3.2

/usr/local/bin/sex
/usr/local/sextractor2.3.2
doc file in SExtractor directory; WWW Site Source Extractor image detection/analysis
Maple V 9.5 /usr/local/maple9.5
/usr/local/bin
  Symbolic mathematics
Mathematica V 5 /usr/local/mathematica
/usr/local/bin
  Symbolic mathematics
Matlab R14.1 /usr/local/matlabR14.1
/usr/local/bin
  Symbolic mathematics
ssh V3.6.1p2
/usr/local/bin man page Secure telnet/rlogin replacement
CFITSIO V2.470
/usr/local/cfitsio -2470 HTML manual
Postscript of C Manual
Postscript of Fortran Manual
FITSIO Home Page
C and Fortran Subroutines
for FITS files.
XV V3.10
4/26/96 ???
/n/r2/local/xv-3.10a   Image display and manipulation
ImageMagick V4.0.5
4/1/99
joelp & gmb
/usr/bin PDF and PS in the docs/ subdir. More mage display and manipulation
Perl V5.8.0
/usr/local/bin Books at Borders Scripting language
Python V2.2.3
/usr/bin   Scripting language
Intel complier V8.0
/usr/local/intel   Scripting language
Portland Group Fortran V5.1
/usr/local/pgi   Scripting language
Spot V11.0 /usr/local/spot   Spitzer Planning observation Tools  
Leopard V2.0 /usr/local/spot   Spitzer Space Telescope Science Data Archive Interface

Local Software Packages For Mac

IRAF V2.12.2 /opt/local/bin/iraf-2.12.2   Image Reduction and Analysis Facility. Huge clumsy system for reducing astronomical images.
IDL V6.0 /opt/local/bin/idl_6.0   Data analysis and visualization software
pgplot V5.2.2 /opt/local/pgplot   Fortran graphics subroutine library
Python V2.3 /usr/bin   Programming language
Perl V5.8.1 /usr/bin   Programming language
xemacs V21.5 /opt/local/bin   Text editor
NAGWare   /usr/local/lib/NAGWare   Programming language
Tex V3.14159 /opt/local/bin   Text editor
Latex V3.14159 /opt/local/bin   Text editor
Ghostview V8.10 /opt/local/bin   Display postscript files
Internet Explorer V5.2 /Applications   WWW Browser
Adobe Acrobat Professional V6.0 /Applications/Adobe\ Acrobat\ 6.0\ Professional   PDF editor
Adobe GoLive CS /Applications/Adobe\ GoLive\ CS   HTML editor
Adobe Illustrator CS /Applications/Adobe\ Illustrator\ CS   Graphics editor
Adobe InDesign CS CS /Applications/Adobe\ InDesign\ CS   Graphics editor
Adobe Photoshop CS CS /Applications/Adobe\ Photoshop\ CS   Photo editor
Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004 /Applications/Macromedia\ Dreamweaver\ MX\ 2004   Webpage editor
Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 /Applications/Macromedia\ Fireworks\ MX\ 2004   Graphics editor
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 /Applications/Macromedia\ Flash\ MX\ 2004   Webpage animation editor
Macromedia Freehand MX MX /Applications/Macromedia\ Fireworks\ MX   Graphics editor
Microsoft Office V X /Applications/Microsoft\ Office\ X   Standard Office Application
Mozilla V1.5 /Applications   WWW Browser
Firefox V1.0 PR /Applications   WWW editor
Maple V9.5 /Applications/Maple\ 9.5   Symbolic mathematics
Matlab R13 /Applications/MATLAB6p5p1   Symbolic mathematics
Mathematica V5.0 /Applications   Symbolic mathematics
Spot V11.3 /Applications/Spot   Spitzer Planning observation Tools
Leopard V2.2 /Applications/Spot   Spitzer Space Telescope Science Data Archive Interface
Subscriber V2.0.5 /Applications/Spot   Symbolic mathematics