Local Notes on Software at Columbia Astronomy & Astrophysics

Acrobat

Version installed is ​Acrobat 5.06.

Where to find it here: /nfs/bins/acroread & /nfs/acrobat

Aips

Version installed is ​Aips 31DEC03 & 31DEC02.

Where to find it here: /AIPSROOT.
To start it up: /nfs/bins/aips

Aips is accessible from the hosts in file /AIPSROOT/HOSTS.LIST. 
Help file for Aips TV servers is /nfs/man/notes/aips.tvservers. 
If nothing works in Aips, try command: restore 0

Axaf & Marx

Version installed is ​Axaf 1.6.1 and Marx 2.04 .

Where to find it here: /nfs/axaf
To run the axaf & marx programs, add /nfs/axaf/bin to your search path. 
See file /nfs/man/notes/axaf.note. 

Sun C & C++

Version installed is Workshop version 6.2, ​Sun Pro C 5.3 & C++ 5.3.

Where to find it here: /opt/SUNWspro.
(Previous version 5.0 of the Workshop is at /opt/SUNWspro5.0 .) 
To start it up: cc (C complier) or CC (C++ compiler) 

CALDB(Calibration Database System)

Version installed is CALDB 2.18.

Where to find it here: /nfs/caldb
Databases installed are Heasarc: asca rosat xte and Chandra. 
(Sax data is there but not added into the database index.) 
The Heasarc databases can also be accessed remotely via FTOOLS. 
See notes on remote access and sample remote access

CDE(Common Desktop Environment)

Version installed depends on ​Solaris version.

Where to find it here: /usr/dt

Cern

Version installed is ​Cern 97a.

Where to find it here: /nfs/cern
The libraries and programs are in /nfs/cern/pro. 
Thanks to Uwe Oberlack for aquiring the Cern papckage. 

Ciao

Version installed is ​Ciao 2.3 .

Where to find it here: /nfs/ciao
See file: /nfs/man/notes/ciao.note. 

Emacs

Version installed is ​Gnu 20.3.1.

Where to find it here: /nfs/emacs.
To start it up: /nfs/bins/emacs. 

Figaro

Version installed is ​Figaro 5.4-0 .

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/star
To start it up, add 'source /nfs/star/etc/login' to 
your .login file and 'source /nfs/star/etc/cshrc' to your .cshrc file. 
After logging out and back in, type: 'figaro'.

'fighelp' will display figaro help. 
Note: Figaro from Starlink is built to run on Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 2.7. 
('uname -a' will show the Solaris version of a host.) 
See local copy of Figaro manual.

Fortran

Version installed is ​Workshop version 6.2, Fortran 77 v5.3 & Fortran 95 v6.2.

Where to find it here: /opt/SUNWspro
(Previous version 5.0 of the Workshop is at /opt/SUNWspro5.0 .) 
To start it up: f77 (Fortran 77) or f95 (Fortran 95) 

Ftncheck

Version installed is ​Ftnchek 2.9.4.

Where to find it here: /nfs/ftnchek
To start it up: /nfs/bins/ftnchek 
Program ftnchek, a fortran 77 program checker was brought to 
light by Frank Summers. 
ftnchek finds a wide variety of errors and issues warnings 
about possible unintended consequences. It is quite a good tool for the scientific programmer. 

Ftools

Version installed is ​Heasoft/Ftools 5.1 .

Where to find it here: /nfs/heasoft

Note: Heasoft/Ftools 5.2 is now also available at /nfs/heasoft_5.2. 
To run the new version, 
make alias: alias heasoft_5.2 'source /nfs/bins/heasoft_5.2_setup' 
Then, before running a Heasoft_5.2 program, 
run the alias: '> heasoft_5.2' 

See file: /nfs/man/notes/heasoft_5.1_ftools.note . 
Release notes are in file /nfs/heasoft/Release_Notes_5.1. 

Fvwm

Version installed is ​Fvwm 2.0.42.

Where to find it here: /nfs/fvwm

Getimage

Version installed is ​Getimage 1.3a.

Where to find it here: /nfs/getimage

Ghostscript & Ghostview

Version installed is ​Ghostscript 8(Aladdin) & Ghostview(Gnu) 1.5 & Ghostview/GV 3.5.8(Johannes Plass).

Where to find them here: /nfs/ghostscript.
To start them up: 
    /nfs/bins/gs 
    /nfs/bins/ghostview (Gnu) 
    /nfs/bins/gv(Plass) This version has a convenient user interface. 

Gnu Gcc

Version installed is ​Gcc 3.3.1 .

Where to find it here: /nfs/gnu/bin (directory /nfs/gnu_old/bin has 2.8.1)
    Includes 'c++'. 

Gipsy

Version of ​Gipsy installed runs on Solaris 8 hosts.

Where to find it here: /nfs/gipsy

Heasoft:Ftools Xanadu Fitsio Fv Xstar

Version installed is ​Heasoft 5.2.

Where to find it here: /nfs/heasoft_5.2
Heasoft 5.2 includes: 
    Ftools 5.2 
    Xanadu: Xspec_v11.1 Xronos_V5.19 Ximage_v4.1 
    Fitsio v2.420 
    Fv 3.1 
    Xstar v2 

See file: /nfs/man/notes/heasoft_5.2.note. 
Release notes are in file /nfs/heasoft_5.2/Release_Notes_5.2. 
Note that local models can be included easily in Xanadu XSPEC v11.1.
See: Xanadu local Models Web Page 

Idl

Version installed is ​IDL 6.0, IDL 5.6 and 5.3.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/idl_6.0, /nfs/idl_5.6 and /nfs/idl_5.3 
To start up idl: 
 /nfs/bins/idl,
 /nfs/bins/idl_5.6
 /nfs/bins/idl_5.3

We have 2 sets of manuals for IDL version 5(14th floor library).

Includes the (IDL Astonomy User's Library) located in 
 /nfs/idl_5/idl/lib/astron (dated February 2000). 
IDLwave (defines an IDL programming environment for emacs) 
is installed for /nfs/bins/emacs. 
Uwe Oberlack found it and has notes on using IDLwave. 

Imagemagick

Version of ​Imagemagick installed is August 1999.

Where to find it here: /nfs/imagemagick

Imtools

Version of ​Imtools installed is 3.0.

Where to find it here: /nfs/imtools

Need to manipulate images? Or convert between image formats? 
The SDSC image tools, found by Frank Summers, do just that. 
These tools do a large number of image manipulation tasks from scaling
and rotating to combining images into a storyboard. 
The tool 'imconv' can convert between about 30 image formats, 
reading in any of the formats and writing out any of the formats. 
Imtools software is in /nfs/imtools. 

Iraf

Version installed is ​Iraf v2.11.3.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/irafv211 or /nfs/iraf 

Newest version Iraf v213 is recently installed at:
 /nfs/iraf

See files:
    /nfs/man/notes/irafv211.note 
    /nfs/man/notes/irafv212.note 
    /nfs/man/notes/iraf_moveable_data.note 
    Pros Home Page 

Karma

Version of ​Karma installed is 1.7.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/karma

Lapack

Version of ​Lapack installed is pre October 1996.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/lapack

Mathematica

Version of ​Mathematica installed is 5.0.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/mathematica 

To run, add to your path: 
 /nfs/mathematica/bins and then type: mathematica .

Matlab

Version of ​Matlab installed is Release 13 with Service Pack 1 (Matlab 6.5 Product Family).

Where to find it here: 
 /opt/matlab. 

To run, add: 
 /opt/matlab/bin to your search path and then type: matlab .

Miriad

Version installed is ​Miriad shell version 1.0 26-Oct-99.

Where to find it here: /nfs/miriad

Mpage

Version of ​Mpage installed is 2.5.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/pkg/mpage

To start it up: /nfs/bins/mpage. 

MPAGE will print several pages (2 is the default) of an ascii or postscript 
file on a single output page. Good choice for voluminous preprint 
output - tell Netscape and ghostview or gv to use 'mpage' instead of 'lpr'. 
Thanks to Ben Sugerman for finding Mpage.
 
See man file: /nfs/man/notes/mpage.ps 

NAGWare

The ​NAG Fortan f95 Compiler Release 4.0a and Fortran 77 version 17.1 library are installed.

Where to find it here: /opt/NAGWare (f95 compiler) and /opt/NAGWare_ (f77 library). Later versions are available.

Before using the compiler:
    setenv PATH /opt/NAGWare/bin:$PATH 
    setenv LM_LICENSE_FILE /opt/NAGWare/license/license.demo 

Ncdware

Version of ​Ncdware installed is 4.0.118.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/pkg/ncdware

We have xserver software for Xncd15r and Xncd19c from an earlier version(pre Feb 1996). 

Netpbm

Version installed is ​netpbm 9.25.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/netpbm.
Netpbm is a collection of graphics tools and converters, 
a whole bunch of utilities for primitive manipulation of graphic images. 

Netscape

Versions installed are ​Netscape 7.0, Netscape 6.21 and Navigator&Communicator 4.79 .

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/netscape_70
 /nfs/netscape_621
 /nfs/netscape(4.79)

To start it up: 
 /nfs/bins/netscape7
 /nfs/bins/netscape6
 /nfs/bins/netscape for 4.79) 

Numerical Recipes

Version of ​Numerical Recipes installed is version 2.08, includes fortran and c routines.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/recipes on host attila.
See NR's Books On-Line: Numerical Recipes in Fortran 

Perl

Version of ​Perl installed is 5.6.1.

Where to find it here:
 /nfs/perl

To start it up:
 /nfs/bins/perl or /usr/local/bin/perl

PGP(Pretty Good Privacy Encryption)

Version of ​PGP installed is 2.6.2.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/pgp.
    
To start it up:
 /nfs/bins/pgp 

See 'man pgp'. 

Pgplot

Version of ​Pgplot installed is 5.2.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/pgplot

See file: /nfs/man/notes/pgplot_solaris.note 

Physica

Version of ​Physica installed is 1.90.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/physica

Pine

Version of ​Pine installed is 4.33.

Where to find it here: 
/nfs/pine

To start it up: 
 /nfs/bins/pine. 

Saord

Version installed is ​SAO R&D Software Suite 1.9.

Where to find it here:
 /nfs/saord.

The suite contains:
    The ASSIST Graphical User Interface 
    SAOimage: The Next Generation (SAOtng) 
    The X Public Access mechanism (XPA) 
    The XDir directory browser 
    The IRAF ncl with tcsh line editing 
To use the package, add '/nfs/saord/saord/bin' to your search path:

See files:
 /nfs/man/notes/STARTING.SAOTNG 
 /nfs/man/notes/STARTING.ASSIST 

SSH(Secure Shell)

Secure Shell version installed is ​ssh2 version 2.3.0 and ssH3 version 1.2.32.

Where to find it here:
/nfs/pkg/ssh. 

To start it up:

ssh (/opt/host/bin/ssh). 

See 'man ssh'.
    

StarOffice

​StarOffice version installed is 5.2 and 6.0.

Where to find it here: /opt/staroffice52 and /opt/staroffice60.
See files:
  /nfs/man/notes/staroffice52.note 
  /nfs/man/notes/staroffice60.note 

To initialize it: 
 staroffice_60_setup (/nfs/bins/staroffice_60_setup). 

To run: 
 staroffice_60 (/nfs/bins/staroffice_60). 

SuperMongo

Version of ​SM installed is 2_4_6.

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/sm.
 
Script /nfs/bins/sm will start it up. 

See files: /nfs/man/notes/supermongo24.note. 

TclTk

Version installed is ​Tcl 8.2.2 & Tk 8.2.2 .

Where to find it here: 
 /nfs/tcltk.

Scripts /nfs/bins/tclsh and /nfs/bins/wish will start it up. 

teTeX

Version installed is ​TeX, Version 3.14159 (C version 6.1) from Thomas Esser.

Where to find it here:
 /nfs/teTeX

Scripts /nfs/bins/tex (as well as latex, xdvi, dvips) will start it up. 

Visual

Version installed is ​SunSoft Visual 6.0, an OSF/Motif user interface builder. Visual is part of Sun Workshop.

Where to find it here: /opt/SUNWspro.
   To start it up: visu  
   See: man visu 
   Documentation is via Sun's web

Web Basics

Some useful information:

• ​Web Browsing
• ​Setting up your Homepage
• ​Program to convert Latex to HTML

Workman (cdrom player)

Version of ​Workman installed is 1.3a.

Where to find it here:
 /nfs/workman

To start it up:
 /nfs/bins/workman . 
    
See: man workman. 

X11R6

Versions installed are ​X11R6.3 and X11R6.4.

Where to find them here: 

/opt/X11R6.3 and /opt/X11R6.4.
/opt/X11R6.4 includes Three-D Athena Widgets (Xaw3d). 

Xanadu

Version installed is ​Heasoft/Xanadu.

Where to find it here: /nfs/heasoft_5.2.
See file: /nfs/man/notes/heasoft_5.2.note. 
Release notes are in file /nfs/heasoft_5.2/Release_Notes_5.2 . 
Note that local models can be included easily in Xanadu XSPEC v11.1. 
See: Xanadu local Models Web Page 
/nfs/man/notes/heasoft_5.2.note

Xfig

Version of ​Xfig installed is 3.1.4.

Where to find it here: /nfs/pkg/xfig.
  /nfs/bins/xfig starts it up. 

Xstarview

Version of ​Xstarview

installed is pre spring 1996.

Where to find it here:
 /nfs/xstarview

Script /nfs/bins/xstarview will start it up. 

Xv

Version of ​Xv installed is 3.10a. Xv is an image manipulation program written by John Bradley.

Where to find it here:
 /nfs/xv.

Script /nfs/bins/xv will start it up. 
See file: /nfs/man/notes/xvdocs.ps