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The following table shows the package name, its description, the startup command at the prompt and the version currently installed on ING public computers. Please note that some of these applications are not installed of the computers running on Sun Solaris.

Package Description Startup Version
a2ps PS tool a2ps v4.14
acroread PDF reader acroread v9.0
af2_configure
AF2 run preparation tool af2_configure
23 nov 2010
aladin
Sky atlas
aladin
v7.0
Astrogrid desktop suite
VO utilities
vodesktop
topcat
vodesktop v1.3.2
topcat v3.3
Astrometry Astrometric calibration tools (astrometry.net) solve-field, etc.  
ATLAS library (BLAS, LAPACK) Portably optimal linear algebra software link as -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/atlas -latlas v3.8.3
Astronomical catalogs Locally installed astronomy catalog data

ls /cat/

scat

wcstools package (on IRAF)

uc4

USNO-A2.0
USNO-B1.0
UCAC3B
UCAC 4.0, etc.
C C compiler gcc v4.5.1
CDSclient CDS database query tools vizquery, findcat v18/01/20
CFITSIO library Fortran/C library for reading/writing FITS files   v3.25
ciao Chandra interactive analysis of observations ciao v4.4
cloudy
Code for modelling atmospheres cloudy
v8.00
bzip2
File compressors bzip2 v1.0.6
doppler Starlink library & maximum entropy-based Doppler tomography package Commands listed at /usr/local/doppler/html/COMMANDS.html v1.0.1
ds9 Fits viewer ds9 v6.2
DSS batch tool ESO DSS chart retrieval tool dss1dsk, dss2dvd v2.0
dvips DVI to PS convertor dvips v5.96.1
dvipdf DVI to PDF convertor  dvipdf 
eclipse library Programming environment eclipse v3.6.1
emacs
xemacs
Text editor  emacs
xemacs 
emacs v23.2.1
xemacs 21.5.29
Evolution Email, contacts, calendar evolution v2.32.1
FFTW C subroutine library for discrete Fourier transform link as -lfftw3 -lm v3.2
FIEStool FIES spectrogra    

firefox

Web browser  firefox v5.0

FITS tools

Tools for manipulating FITS files

compress_fits
fitscopy
imarith
imcopy
imlist
imstat
listhead
liststruc
modhead
tabcalc
tablist
tabmerge
tabselect
uncompress_fits

 
flash plugin Flash browser plugin

v10.1
fortran 77 Fortran 77 compiler f77
gaia Starlink image display gaia v4.4.1
Galfit Galaxy fit tool galfit v3.0.2
gedit Text editor gedit v2.30.4
ghostview Postscript viewer ghostview v3.7.1
gimp Graphics program gimp v2.6
git Distributed version control system git v1.7.4
GNOME office gnumeric
abiword
gnumeric
abiword
v1.10.12
v2.8.6
gnuplot Plotting package gnuplot v4.4
google-chrome Web browser google-chrome v8.0.552.224
growisofs DVD burner growisofs v7.1
gsview
Postscript viewer gsview
v4.9
gzip
File compressor
gzip

HEASOFT
Tools for FITS files

Initiate software by typing: 'heainit'
at the prompt, and then: fv, xdf, etc.

v6.5.1
IDL
Programming
idl
v6.4
IDL Deutsch IDL astronomy procedures from Eric Deutsch idl

IDL astrolib
IDL procedures for working with astronomical data and FITS file IDL> astrolib
vMar2008
ImageMagick Graphic software suite Various commands v6.6.4
indexf Tool to measure line-strength indices in fully calibrated FITS spectra indexf v3.0
inkscape Drawing application inkscape v0.48
IRAF
Data reduction ecl v2.12.2a
IRAF external packages

ACAM: ACAM tasks (quicklook, etc.)

AF2_QL: AF2 quicklook package.

COLOR: color composite image package

FITSUTIL: Multiple extension fits files manipulation package

GEMINI: Gemini data reduction tools

IDS: IDS package

ING: miscellaneous tasks

INGRID_QL: INGRID quicklook

INTEGRAL: INTEGRAL package

ISIS: ISIS package

LIRIS_QL: LIRIS quick look package

LIRISDR: LIRIS data reduction package

MSCRED: Mosaic reduction package

NMISC: Miscellaneous NOAO package

PFIP_QL: PFIP quicklook package

RGO: Obsolete RGO package

RVSAO: Radial velocity package

STSDAS: Data Analysis package

TABLES: table manipulation package

WCSTOOLS: WCS tools for FITS and IRAF files

WFC_QL: WFC quicklook package

WFCRED: WFC data reduction

ecl> acam

ecl>af2_ql

ecl> color

ecl> ids

ecl> ing

ecl> ingrid_ql

ecl> integral

ecl> isis

ecl> liris_ql

ecl> lirisdr

ecl> fitsutil

ecl> gemini

ecl> mscred

ecl> nmisc

ecl> pfip_ql

ecl> rgo

ecl> rvsao

ecl> stsdas

ecl> tables

ecl> wcstools

ecl> wfc_ql

ecl> wfcred

ACAM v1.0.1

AF2_QL

COLOR

FITSUTIL

GEMINI v1.10

IDS v24Feb2010

ING

INGRID_QL v0.57 beta

INTEGRAL v0.3

ISIS v24Feb2010

LIRIS_QL

LIRISDR v2.8

MSCRED v4.8

NMISC v06/05/2003

PFIP_QL

RGO v14dec2001

RVSAO v2.6.8

STSDAS v3.6

TABLES v3.6

WCSTOOLS v3.7.5
(only USNO-A2.0 catalog is installed)

WFC_QL

WFCRED v22mar2001

IRAF extras Other IRAF-related software iraf_unlearn  
java Java compiler  gcc v1.6.0_20
jed Text editor jed v0.99.19u
joe Text editor joe v3.7
jsky
Data viewer, sky atlas, Java components for astronomy jsky
v3.0
k3b DVD/CD burner k3b v2.0.1
kile Latex WYSIWYG editor kile v2.0.85
kompozer HTML editor kompozer v0.8b3
konqueror Web browser konqueror v4.5.5
LaTeX Text compiler latex pdfeTeX pi-1.40.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6)
latex2html Converts LaTeX to HTML format latex2html v98.2 beta6
less GNU replacement for more less v436
MIDAS
Astronomy tool package
inmidas
gomidas
10SEPpl1.0
mercuria Software control management tool. hg v1.7.3
missfits FITS file manipulation tool. missfits v2.17.6
molly 1D spectrum analysis program. molly v1.1.6
montage Astronomical image mosaic engine Various commands v3.3
mplayer DVD player mplayer SVN-r31628-4.4.4
mplayer plugin Movie player for Firefox   v3.45
nedit Text editor nedit v5.5
openoffice (staroffice on Solaris) Office programme suite
ooffice
oobase
oocalc
oodraw
ooimpress
oowriter
OpenOffice 3.3.0
P2PP ESO phase-2 submission tool p2pp v2.13.1
p3d A general data-reduction tool for fiber-fed integral-field spectrographs p3d v2.0.2
pamela 2D spectrum reduction suite Commands listed at /usr/local/pamela/html/INDEX.html v1.0.5
pdf latex Latex that works with pdf pdftex pdfeTeX pi-1.40.3-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.6)
pdftk Pdf utility pdftk
Period04
Analysis of time series period04
v1.1.1
perl Perl compiler perl v5.12.2
perl astronomy modules

Perl-astro-FITS-CTIO: Perl interface to cfitsio subroutine library

Perl-FreezeThaw: Convert Perl structures to strings and back

Perl-Filesys-DiskFree: it does about what the unix command df does

Perl-Tk: Perl Graphical User Interface ToolKit


Perl-astro-FITS-CTIO: v1.05

Perl-FreezeThaw: v0.43

Perl-Filesys-DiskFree: v0.06-1.2

Perl-Tk: v804.028

pgplot library Plotting library f77 -lpgplot v5.2
pico Text editor pico v5.05
pine Email pine Alpine v2.02
ps2eps PS to EPS convertor ps2eps  v1.64
ps2pdf PS to PDF convertor ps2pdf v8.71
pstogif PS to GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, PNM convertor pstogif v1.54
psplot library
Fortran library
g77 -lpsplot
PyRAF Python IRAF pyraf v1.9
python Object-oriented language python v2.7
python astronomy modules

numpy

scipy

pyfits

ppgplot

matplotlib

astrogrid

>>>import numpy

>>>import scipy

>>>import pyfits

>>>import ppgplot

>>>import matplotlib

>>>import astrogrid

numpy v1.1.0

scipy v0.6.0

pyfits v1.3

ppgplot v1.3

matplotlib v0.98.3

astrogrid v1.0.2

qfits C library to access FITS files  
R The R project for statistical computing R v2.12.1
rdesktop Remote desktop of windows PCs redesktop v1.6.0
ruby
Script programming
ruby
v1.8.7
scribus Open source desktop publishing scribus v1.3.9
scamp It reads SExtractor catalogs and computes astrometric and photometric solutions scamp v1.7
swarp A program that resamples and co-adds FITS images swarp v2.17.1-1mp
seamonkey Mozilla suite, including html editor seamonkey v1.1.13
sextractor Source extractor sex v2.8.6
skycat ESO Image Display (and more) tool skycat v3.1.2
skype Communicator skype v2.2.0.35
ssh, scp Secure File Transfer ssh, scp OpenSSH_4.7p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006
starlink
Astronomy packages kappa, figaro, coco, etc.
Namaka
stellarium Planetarium stellarium v0.10.5
supermongo Plotting package  sm v2.4.34
svn Distributed version control system svn v1.6.15
swiss ephemerides
Highly accurate ephemerides swetest v1.75.00
tar
File compressor
tar

tcl/tk
Programming language
tclsh
wish
v8.5.8
telarchive Telescope log search telarchive v1.6.6
Theli
Data reduction theli
v2.6.2
thunderbird Email tool
thunderbird v3.1.7
tsclient Terminal server client tsclient v2.0.2
ultracam Observing and pipeline software udriver
ultracam
v8.1.55
vacation Automatic replier vacation v1.2.7
vi Text editor vi v7.3.56
vim Text editor vim v7.3.56
virgo Extension to Stellarium for visually browsing the ESO Science Archive Facility virgo v1.4.3
vmmps Skycat plugin for making finding charts vmmps v3.24
vlc Media player  vlc
v1.1.5
vpfit Voigt profile fitting programme vpfit v9.5
WCSTools Catalog and image match scat, imwcs, imcat, skycoor, etc. v3.8.1
wine Windows emulator wine v1.3.24
xdvi DVI viewer  xdvi
v22.84.14
xephem Sky display and ephemerides
xephem v3.7.5
xine Movie player xine v0.99.6
xmgrace Plotting tool xmgrace v5.1.22
Xoasis Oasis data reduction package XOasis
v6.3.1
xv Graphic viewer xv v3.10a



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