Software Inventory for bama
The software in the table below is grouped according to use. A few of these are standard UNIX utilities but most are added packages. You can also use your browser's find option (usually under the edit menu) to look for subjects.
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Networking and E-Mail
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
lynx |
Terminal-based Web browser |
No |
No |
mailtool |
Sun Openwindows e-mail program |
No |
|
netscape |
X-windows Web browser - version 4.72 |
No |
No |
pine |
Terminal-based e-mail program |
No |
Text Editors
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
ed |
Unix line editor |
No |
|
emacs |
Terminal-based editor |
No |
|
ex |
Unix line editor, based on ed |
No |
|
pico |
Easy terminal-based editor |
No |
^G in software |
sed |
Unix stream editor |
No |
|
textedit |
OpenWindows-based (X-windows) text editor |
No |
|
the |
The Hessling Editor (XEDIT clone), version 2.7 |
No |
|
vi |
Unix Visual Editor (terminal based), based on ex |
Separate vitutor program |
|
vim |
vi Improved - superset of vi. (Note: Start with "vim -X" if you are not running X-windows) |
Separate vimtutor program |
|
xemacs |
X-windows version of emacs |
No |
No |
Text Handling and Formatting
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
amstex |
TeX with American Mathematical Society macros |
No |
|
dvilj, dvilj2p, dvilj4, dvilj4l |
Translators: DVI to PCL, for HP LaserJet printers |
No |
|
dvips |
Translator: DVI to PostScript |
No |
|
dvired |
Translator: DVI to PostScript, but put 2 pages on one sheet of paper |
No |
|
dvitype |
Translator: DVI to human-readable form |
No |
|
enscript |
Translator: text to PostScript |
No |
|
ispell |
Interactive spell checker (can use on Tex/Latex and nroff/troff documents) |
No |
|
latex |
General macro-ized TeX |
No |
|
latex2html |
Translator: DVI to HTML |
No |
Run without filename |
nroff |
Formats text for display or line printing |
No |
|
spell |
Standard Unix spell checker |
No |
|
tex |
Text formatter from Donald Knuth |
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troff |
Formats text for typesetting or laser printing |
No |
|
xdvi |
X-windows DVI (TeX/LaTeX output) display |
No |
File Compression and Conversion
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
compress/ uncompress |
Compress or uncompress .Z files |
No |
|
dos2unix |
Convert line formatting from DOS/Windows to Unix |
No |
|
gzip/gunzip |
Compress or expand .gzp files |
No |
|
netpbm |
image conversion and manipulation routines |
No |
|
unix2dos |
Convert line formatting from Unix to DOS/Windows |
No |
|
unzip |
List, test, and extract compressed files in ZIP archive - version 5.32 |
No |
|
zip |
Package and compress files (.zip) - version 2.2 |
No |
Unix Shells
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
bash |
Born-Again shell (Bourne shell derivative) |
No |
|
csh |
C shell |
No |
|
ksh |
Korn shell |
No |
|
sh |
Bourne shell |
No |
|
tcsh |
Trivial csh (modified csh) |
No |
Programming Languages and Compilers
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
bwbasic |
Bywater Basic Interpreter |
No |
No |
CC |
Sun C++ compiler |
No |
|
cc |
Sun ANSI C compiler |
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f77 |
Sun FORTRAN 77 compiler |
No |
|
f90 |
Sun FORTRAN 90 compiler |
No |
|
g++ |
GNU project C++ compiler |
No |
|
gcc |
GNU project ANSI C compiler - version 2.95.1 |
No |
|
javac |
Java compiler (with Java Developer's Toolkit) |
No |
No |
jws |
Java Workshop: X-based interface into Sun java compiler/debugger suite |
No |
No |
pc |
Sun Pascal compiler |
No |
|
perl |
Interpreted scripting language - version 5.005.3 |
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rexx |
REXX scripting language from IBM - Regina version 0.8f |
No |
|
tcl/tk |
Interpreted scripting language - version 8.2 |
No |
No |
sunstudio |
Xwindows-based interface into Sun compiler/debugger suite |
No |
Subroutine Libraries
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
gdbm |
GNU project database management routines - version 1.8 |
No |
|
IMSL |
Mathematical function library |
No |
|
pgplot |
Plotting package |
No |
GNU Utilities
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
bison |
Parser generator (yacc replacement) - version 1.28 |
No |
|
flex |
Fast lexical analyzer generator - 2.5.4a |
No |
|
gawk |
Pattern scanning and processing language (similar to AWK) - version 3.04 |
No |
|
gcc/g++ |
The GNU project C (version 2.95.1) and C++ compiler |
No |
|
gdb |
The GNU Debugger - version 4.18 |
No |
|
gdbm |
The GNU database manager - version 1.8.0 |
No |
|
gnuplot |
Interactive graphics (plotting) package |
No |
|
gzip/gunzip |
Compress or expand .gzp files |
No |
Specialized Applications
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
gnuplot |
Interactive graphics (plotting) package |
No |
|
hypermail |
Mail-to-HTML reformatter |
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maple |
Mathematics |
No |
No |
minitab |
Data analysis package |
No |
|
mongo |
Interactive graphics package and subroutines |
No |
|
PGP |
Pretty Good Privacy - key generation, encryption, and signing programs |
No |
|
run_dcse |
X Windows-based DNA sequence editor. (See a biologist for help with this one!) |
No |
No |
sas |
Data management, processing, and statistics |
No |
No |
spss |
Statistical package |
No |
No |
Windowing
Software |
Description |
Man Page |
Local Help |
|---|---|---|---|
CDE |
Common Desktop Environment X Windows manager |
No |
No |
openwin |
Sun X Windows |
No |
No |
twm |
Tab Window Manager for the X Window System |
No |