Unix Software

Index  
Archiving Libraries  
Compilers/Languages Publishing  
Editors Shells  
Engineering Text  
Graphics Tools/Utilities  
Internet/Networking Other  
     

Note: The software is available on Solaris, unless specified otherwise.

Archiving:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
arc-5.21 arc man arc File archiver and compressor
bzip2-1.0.3 bzip2,bunzip2,bzcat man bzip2 a block-sorting file compressor
gzip-1.3.9 gzip man gzip GNU Zip Compression Utilities
lha-1.14i lha An archiving and compression utility for LHarc format archives.
sharutils-4.2.1 shar, unshar Online Manual Creates and helps unpack shell archives
tar-1.16.1 gtar Online Manual Creates tar archives
unarj-2.43 unarj Program is used to uncompress .arj format archives
unrar-2.71 unrar Extract, test and view RAR archives
zip-2.2 zip man zip Compression and file packaging utility
zoo-2.10 zoo man zoo File archiving utility for maintaining collections of files in compressed forms
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Compilers/Languages:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
expect-5.28 expect man expect A tcl extension for simplifying program-script interaction
gcc-3.3.4 gcc, g++, g77 man gcc, man g++, http://gcc.gnu.org GNU Compiler Collection
gcl-2.6.7 gcl man gcl GCL Common Lisp interpreter/compiler
gpc-19990118 gpc man gpc GNU project Pascal Compiler (v2.0)
gprolog-1.2.16 gprolog www.seas.ucla.edu/gprolog Prolog compiler
ocaml-3.08.3 ocaml man ocaml Objective Caml is a strongly-typed functional programming language from the ML family.
perl-5.005.03 perl man perl Scripting Language
plt-209 drscheme man drscheme Scheme PLT
python-2.3 python man python, python.org Interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
J2SE-1.6update3 java man java Java
scheme-7.3 scheme MIT Scheme MIT Scheme programming language
smlnj-110.0.7 sml smlnj.org Standard ML '97 programming language
Sun Forte 6.2 cc, CC, f77, f90, f95 netscape /usr/local/SUNWspro/docs/index.html Sun Compilers: c, c++ and Fortran compilers
tk-8.0.5 wish man wish Tk GUI toolkit for Tcl, with shared libraries
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Editors:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
asedit-1.3.2 asedit man asedit Text editor for X/Motif
emacs-21.3 emacs Online Manual Extensible, real-time editor
hexedit-0.9.7 hexedit man hexedit A hexadecimal file viewer and editor
nedit-5.0.2 nedit man nedit Motif GUI style text editor
vim-6.3 vim man vim Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
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Engineering:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
adaptII-4 adapt ADAPTGuide Biomedical Application Simulator
bc-1.05a bc, dc man gbc,man gdc Arbitrary precision numeric processing arithmetic language
Cadence
(Restricted, EE classes, Linux )
ask instructor ask instructor  
gnuplot-3.7.1 gnuplot man gnuplot A program for plotting mathematical expressions and data
grace-5.1.10 gracebat man gracebat, Grace Website Numerical Data Processing and Visualization Tool
Maple 9.5 maple, xmaple Online Manual Maple from Waterloo, Inc., is an interactive system that provides a complete mathematical environment for both symbolic algebraic expressions and arbitrary-precision numeric arithmetic. Maple is a useful tool for educators, scientists, engineers, researchers and students. Applicable to the physical sciences, business management, economics and finance. Includes a library of more than 2,500 functions common to many scientific and engineering applications. Facilities include arithmetic with integers, fractions, unknown variables, polynomials and general expressions, solving equations, factoring, taking derivative and series expansions of functions, indefinite and definite integration, solving differing equations and recurrence equations matrix operations, and plotting.
Mentor Graphics
(Restricted, EE classes, Linux )
ask instructor ask instructor  
plotmtv-1.4.1 plotmtv man plotmtv Fast multi-purpose plotting program for X11-windows
R-2.1.0 r-project man r-project R is a language which bears a passing resemblance to the S language developed at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It provides support for a variety of statistical and graphical analyses. R is a true computer language which contains a number of control-flow constructions for iteration and alternation. It allows users to add additional functionality by defining new functions.
utmarlowe-5.1 twod, utmar Marlowe Neutron transport simulator
Synopsys
(Restricted, EE classes, Linux)
ask instructor ask instructor  
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Graphics:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
ghostview-1.5 ghostview man ghostview Graphical front end to Ghostscript
hp2xx-3.3.2 hp2xx man hp2xx Read and convert HP-GL filess to various formats
jasper-1.600.0 jasper Jasper website Implementation of the JPEG-2000 standard
jbigkit-1.4 jbgtopbm man jbgtopbm JBIG to portable bitmap file converter
jpeg-6b cjpeg, djpeg man cjpeg, man djpeg Compresses and decompresses jpeg files and image files
mpeg2-v12 mpeg2encode, mpeg2decode man html2ps HTML to PostScript converter
netpbm-9.0 http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc Converts graphics formats
ralcgm-3.50 ralcgm man ralcgm Translate, view or print computer graphics metafiles.
tiff-v3.5.7 libtiff.org Provides support for the Tag Image File Format
transfig-3.2.3 transfig xfig.org A utility for converting FIG files (made by xfig) to other formats.
urt-3.1b rawtorle, rletoraw man rawtorle, man rletoraw Utah Raster toolkit is a collection of programs and C routines for dealing with raster images
xv-3.10a xv man xv X based image viewer for nearly all images
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Internet/Networking:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
filter-2.3 filter man filter Filter incoming messages before adding to mailbox
ircii-2.8.2 irc IRC Help Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Client
lynx-2.8.3 lynx man lynx Text mode web browser
mutt-1.4.2.1 mutt man mutt, mutt.org Mail user agent
netscape-4.72 netscape Web browser
nmap-2.53 nmap man nmap Network exploration tool and security scanner
nntpclnt-1.6.1 inews Client side of NNTP server
pine-4.58 pine man pine Mail user agent
ssh-3.2.9.1 ssh, sftp, scp man ssh, man scp, man sftp Secure shell
tin-1.3beta tin tin.orgn A netnews reader
wget-1.10.2 wget man wget File retrieval utility
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Libraries:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
gdbm-1.8.3 GNU database library for C
lesstif-0.91.0 mwm, mxmkmf, xmbind, uil lesstif.org Free implementation of OSF/Motif
libiconv-1.9.2 iconv man iconv Character Translation Library
libtool-1.5.6 libtool info libtool GNU Libtool simplifies the developer's job by encapsulating both the platform-specific dependencies, and the user interface, in a single script.
opengl-1.3 acroread /usr/local/OpenGL-1.3/docs/* 2D and 3D graphics application programming interface (API)
readline-5.1 man readline
Online Manual
Lets users edit command lines as they are typed in
zlib-1.1.4 gzip.org Data-compression library
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Publishing:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
a2ps-4.12 a2ps man a2ps Format files to print on postscript printer
acrobat-4.05 acroread PDF viewer
enscript-1.6.1 enscript man enscript Converts ASCII files to PostScript
ghostscript-5.10 gs man gs Interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics languages
groff-1.19.2 groff man groff Document formatting system
html2ps-1.0b1 html2ps man html2ps HTML to PostScript converter
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Shells:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
bash-2.05b bash man bash, Online Manual GNU Bourne-Again SHell
tcl-8.0.5 tclsh man tclsh Simple shell containing tcl interpreter
tcsh-6.09 tcsh man tcsh C shell with file name completion and command line editing
trn-3.6 trn man trn Threaded read news program
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Text:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
diffutils-2.8.1 gcmp, gdiff, gdiff3, gsdiff Online Manual Compares two files and shows the differences, line by line
gawk-3.1.5 gawk, igawk, pgawk man gawk, man igawk The GNU version of the awk text processing utility
grep-2.4.2 ggrep, gfgrep, gegrep man ggrep, gfgrep, gegrep Global Regular Expression Print (Pattern Matching Utility)
indent-2.2.9 gindent man gindent Changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace.
ispell-3.1 ispell man ispell Spell checker
less-382 less man less Text file browser, similar to More
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Tools/Utilities:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
autoconf-2.57 autoconf man autoconf Tool for configuring source code and Makefiles
automake-1.7.7 automake Automatically generating `Makefile.in' files
bison-2.0 bison man bison, info bison GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement)
coreutils-5.93 (see /usr/local/coretuils-5.9.3/bin) (see /usr/local/coreutils-5.93/share/man1) GNU core utilities This package is the union of the GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.
cvs-1.12.13 cvs man cvs Version control system that can record the history of your files
file-3.33 file man file A utility for determining file types.
flex-2.5.4a flex, flex++ man flex Fast lexical analyzer generator
gdb-6.1.1 gdb, gdbtui man gdb GNU Project Debugger
gettext-0.14.1 gettext info gettext Tools to produce multi-lingual messages
gperf-2.7 gperf man gperf Generates a hash function
m4-1.4.2 m4 info m4 An implementation of the traditional UNIX macro processor
make-3.80 gmake man make A GNU tool which simplifies the build process for user
mktemp-1.5 mktemp man mktemp utility designed to make temporary file handling in shells scripts be safe and simple
mtools-3.9.1 mtools man mtools Utility to access dos disks in unix
rcs-5.7 rcs man rcs, Online Documentation Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple revisions of files
texinfo-4.8 info, makeinfo, texindex, texi2dvi, infokey Online Manual Documentation system
time-1.7 gtime A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources.
top-3.5.1 top man top A program that will give continual reports about the state of the system, including a list of the top cpu using processes.
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Other:
Program Commands Manual/User Guides Summary
gcal-3.01 gcal man gcal Prints Calendars
gnupg-1.2.2 gpg man gpg, gnupg.org GNU Privacy Guard