Observatories & Computing
Local Software Packages For Linux |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
