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Installed Software

Listed below is a description of software installed on the department Sun UNIX workstations and Linux & Windows PCs as of October 2003. This page is a work-in-progress; it will be kept current as new software is installed and old software is replaced.

Sun Solaris UNIX
Sun Solaris UNIX (unsupported software)
RedHat Linux
Windows PCs

Sun Solaris UNIX

Name Version Date Notes
matlab 7 SP3 (release 14) 09/30/2005  
emacs 21.4 03/16/2005 advanced editor
pine 4.62 03/16/2005 mail/news client
firefox 1.5.0.5 8/15/2006 web browser
thunderbird 1.5.0.5 8/15/2006 mail client
wget 1.9.1 11/15/2004 A tool for downloading files/pages/images via HTTP
expect 5.42 10/05/2004 A tool for automating interactive programs
TCL 8.4.7 10/05/2004 Rapid prototyping language
Tk 8.4.7 10/05/2004 GUI toolkit
mutt 1.4.2.1 08/25/2004 mail client (elm replacement)
ncurses 5.4 08/25/2004 A freeware emulation of SysV R4.0 curses
libiconv 1.8 08/25/2004 iconv() implementation lib
ISC DHCP Server 3.0.1 07/23/2004  
StarOffice 7 03/22/2004 Setup: /usr/local/bin/soffice7.setup
SpamAssassin 2.6 09/26/2003  
qpopper 4.0.5 12/16/2003 TLS/SSL support (core)
OpenSSL 0.9.7i 10/19/2005  
matlab 6.5 / R13 10/01/2003  
Mentor Graphics 2004 12/13/2004  
netscape 7.0 10/01/2003  
perl 5.6.1 02/22/2002  
Acrobat Reader 7.0 04/17/2006 Installed as acroread
GCC 2.95.3 03/10/2001  
xfig 3.2 pl2 12/16/1998  
gs (ghostscript) 5.50 12/23/1998  
gnuplot 4.0.0 03/10/2006  

Sun Solaris UNIX (unsupported software)

Items installed here are found in subdirectories of /meas/beta unless otherwise noted.

Name Version Date Notes
VIM 6.3 09/17/2004 "vi Improved"; includes gvim (GUI-based vi)
gtk+ 1.2.10 09/17/2004  
glib 1.2.10 09/17/2004  
Gnome Desktop 2.x 03/25/2004 Contact the CFS
Gnome Desktop 1.4 12/12/2003 Contact the CFS
GCC 3.4.6 3/28/2006 Located in: /meas/pkgs/gcc-3.4.6/bin
gs (ghostscript) 7.03 11/28/2001  
xfig 3.2 pl4 09/08/2002  
perl 5.8.3 05/14/2004 Located in: /meas/pkgs/perl5.8.3/bin

RedHat Linux

Name Version Date Notes
thunderbird 2.0.0.6 08/28/2007 platform-neutral email client
firefox 2.0.0.6 08/28/2007 web browser
firefox 2.0.0.5 07/19/2007 web browser
firefox 2.0.0.2 03/04/2007 web browser
thunderbird 1.5.0.10 03/09/2007 platform-neutral email client
firefox 1.5.0.8 11/08/2006 web browser
matlab 7 SP3 (release 14) 09/30/2005  
sylpheed 0.9.4-1 03/25/2004 Email client
mplayer 1.0-0.5.pre2.20031107.fr 03/25/2004 Media Player
gnumeric 1.2.1-1 03/25/2004 Full-featured spreadsheet
GThumb 2.2.1-0 03/25/2004 Image Viewer
sc 7.16 03/25/2004 Non-GUI spreadsheet
matlab 6.5 / R13 10/10/2003  
calendar 8.4-4 06/01/2003  
xv 3.10a 06/01/2003  

Windows PCs

Name Version Date Notes
Windows 2000 Pro 01/01/2001  
Office 2000 Pro 01/01/2001  
Studio 6.0 Pro 01/01/2001  
Visio 2000 Technical 01/01/2001  
Project 2000 01/01/2001  
Matlab 6.5 / R13 08/01/2002  

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