SCV Software Packages
Find the package you are interested in, either by choosing the appropriate category in the sidebar or by using the find/search command in your browser to look up a package by name, and click on one of the links to the right of the package name.
Basic System Usage
- SCV Security and Access (logging in to SCV Systems) [SCV Help, Man Page]
- Basic Unix/X Window Help related to use of SCV packages [SCV Help]
- Black and White Printing [IS&T Help]
- Ethics Policy [IS&T Help]
- Access Protection – CHMOD [IS&T Help]
- Access Protection – UMASK [IS&T Help]
- Connecting to the Campus Network
Electronic Mail
Editors
File Storage and Compression
- Requesting that Lost/Deleted Files be Restored [SCV Help]
- Long-Term Archiving of Large Files with the Tape Robot [SCV Help, Man Page]
- Tar [Man Page]
- Gzip compression [Man Page]
- Compress [Man Page]
- Zip [Man Page]
(Batch System) Job Management
- Sun Grid Engine – Katana Cluster [SCV Help, Man Page]
- LoadLeveler batch system – IBM Blue Gene [SCV Help]
- Load Sharing Facility (LSF) batch system – IBM p655 systems [SCV Help, Man Page]
Programming Languages and Compilers
- C, GCC [Man Page, SCV Katana Cluster Help, SCV Blue Gene Help, SCV pSeries Help,]
- C++, G++ [Man Page, SCV Katana Cluster Help, SCV Blue Gene Help, SCV pSeries Help]
- FORTRAN 77 [SCV Katana Cluster Help, SCV Blue Gene Help, SCV pSeries Help]
- FORTRAN 90 [SCV Katana Cluster Help, SCV Blue Gene Help, SCV pSeries Help]
- High Performance FORTRAN [External Help]
- Perl [Man Page]
- Python [Man Page]
- Java [External Help]
- Tcl [Man Page]
Message Passing Libraries
- Message Passing Interface (MPI) [SCV Tutorial, SCV Links, External Help]
Program Debuggers/Profilers
- DBX [IBM Help]
- GDB [IS&T Help, Man Page] with DDD graphical front-end [Man Page]
- IDB [Man Page, Intel Help]
- Idebug (IBM Distributed Debugger) [IBM Help]
- TotalView [SCV Katana Cluster Help, SCV Blue Gene Help, Man Page, External Tutorial]
Mathematics and Data Analysis
- Mathematica [SCV Help ]
- MATLAB [SCV Help, IS&T Help]
- MATLAB PCT (Parallel Computing Toolbox) [SCV Help]
- IDL [SCV Help, SCV Tutorial]
- Maple [SCV Help]
- GAUSS [SCV Help]
- R [SCV Help, External Help]
Scientific and Mathematical Subroutine Libraries
Scientific and Engineering Applications
- ABAQUS [SCV Help]
- Accelrys CHARMm [SCV Help]
- Accelrys Quanta [SCV Help]
- Accelrys Discovery Studio [SCV Help]
- Gaussian and GaussView [SCV Help]
Plotting
Scientific Visualization
Modeling, Rendering and Animation
- Autodesk Maya [SCV Help]
Graphics Programming Packages
Drawing and Presentation Graphics
Image Tools
Windowing Software
- X11R6 [External Help]
- Motif
- MWM [Man Page]
Web Tools
Usenet News
- SLRN [Man Page]
Document Processing
Reference Materials
- Webster Dictionary Utility [Man Page]
- Oxford English Dictionary [External Help]
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online (BU Only)
File Downloading
You may also be interested in the available BU site licensed software available to install on your own machine. This includes utility programs such as file transfer and X-Windows as well as application software such as MATLAB. Available to members of the Boston University community only.