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) Documentation is via Sun's web

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.

(Ftnchek Web Site)

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 .

(Ftools Web Site)

Fvwm

Version installed is Fvwm 2.0.42. Where to find it here: /nfs/fvwm. (Fvwm Web Site)

Getimage

Version installed is Getimage 1.3a. Where to find it here: /nfs/getimage. (Getimage Web Site)

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.

(Ghostscript Web Site)

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++'.

(Gnu Web Site)

Gipsy

Version installed runs on Solaris 8 hosts. Where to find it here: /nfs/gipsy. (Gipsy Web Site)

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

(Heasoft Web Site)

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, and /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.

(IDL Web Site)

Imagemagick

Version installed is August 1999. Where to find it here: /nfs/imagemagick. (ImageMagic Web Site)

Imtools

Version 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.

(Imtools Web Site)

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

(Iraf Web Site)

Karma

Version installed is 1.7. Where to find it here: /nfs/karma. (Karma Web Site)

Lapack

Version installed is pre October 1996. Where to find it here: /nfs/lapack. (Lapack Web Site)

Mathematica

Version installed is 5.0. Where to find it here: /nfs/mathematica. To run, add to your path: /nfs/mathematica/bins and then type: mathematica . (Mathematica Web Site)

Matlab

Version 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 . (Matlab Web Site)

Miriad

Version installed is Miriad shell version 1.0 26-Oct-99. Where to find it here: /nfs/miriad. (Miriad Web Site)

Mpage

Version 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

(Mpage Web Site)

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

(NAG Web Site)

Ncdware

Version 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).

(Ncd Web Site)

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.

(Netpbm Web Site)

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 or /nfs/bins/netscape for 4.79)

(Netscape Web Site)

Numerical Recipes

Version 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

(Numerical Recipes Web Site)

Perl

Version installed is 5.6.1. Where to find it here: /nfs/perl.

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

(Perl Web Site)

PGP(Pretty Good Privacy Encryption)

Version installed is 2.6.2. Where to find it here: /nfs/pgp.

To start it up, /nfs/bins/pgp. See 'man pgp'.

(PGP Web Site)

Pgplot

Version installed is 5.2. Where to find it here: /nfs/pgplot.

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

(Pgplot Web Site)

Physica

Version installed is 1.90. Where to find it here: /nfs/physica. (Physica Web Site)

Pine

Version installed is 4.33. Where to find it here: /nfs/pine.

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

(Pine Web Site)

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

(Saord Web Site)

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. See 'man ssh'.

To start it up, ssh (/opt/host/bin/ssh).

(SSH Web Site)

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).

(StarOffice Web Site)

SuperMongo

Version 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.

(Supermongo Web Site)

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.

(Tcltk Web Site)

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.

(TeTeX Web Site)

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 installed is 1.3a. Where to find it here: /nfs/workman.

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

(Workman Web Site)

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).

(X Window Web Site)

Xanadu

/nfs/man/notes/heasoft_5.2.note 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

(Xanadu Web Site)

Xfig

Version installed is 3.1.4. Where to find it here: /nfs/pkg/xfig.

/nfs/bins/xfig starts it up.

(Xfig Web Site)

Xstarview

Version installed is pre spring 1996. Where to find it here: /nfs/xstarview

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

(Xstarview Web Site)

Xv

Version 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

(Xv Web Site)