Supported Architectures and Operating Systems

FreeBSD

  • FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p5
    • frozen - no updates

Linux

  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Minimum kernel version: 2.6.24.3

OSX/ Apple ( not officially supported )

  • OSX Version 10.4 is known to work
  • OSX Version 10.5 is known to have problems

Windows

Packages and support levels

Miscellaneous

package available support description
boinc Y User supported Grid Computing
open-mpi Y Y Grid Computing
ghostscript Y Y LaTex/PDF/PS/... document manipulation
gnome Y Y X desktop for unix
ecartis Y Y Department Email Lists
X.org
xfree86
Y Y X windowing system for unix
http://x.cygwin.com
http://www.cygwin.com
Installation help
Y Y Unix system running on a windows box
UnxUtils Y Y Common set of unix utilities for windows
Maple Y N Tools for mathematics and modeling

Database

package available support description
MySQL Y   MySQL database server
postgres Y Y Postgres database server

Development

package available support description
gcc, g++ Y Y GNU Compiler Collection
  Y Y Native Compilers
perl Y Y Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
php Y Y PHP: Hypertext Processor
python Y Y Python programming language
ruby Y Y Ruby programming language
gdb Y Y GNU Debugger

Revision control

package available support CS Wiki description
CVS Y Y   Concurrent Revision Control System
Legacy revision control system, use subversion for new projects
RCS Y Y   Revision Control System
Legacy revision control system, use subversion for new projects
subversion Y Y <click> Open Source Version Control System.
WebSVN Y Y   Web interface to department subversion repositories

Web Browsers

browser supported
Google Chrome N
Internet Explorer DONE
firefox DONE
safari Not Officially

Webserver packages and resources

package available support description
apache/httpd Y Y Apache webserver
trac Y Y software project management
http://wiki.cs.rpi.edu/trac
TWiki Y Y Enterprise Wiki
http://twiki.cs.rpi.edu

Unsupported but useful software

Visual Studio and other packages are available for free to current students from http://www.dreamspark.com/ after third party status verification.

Windows 7 has some known issues but is available under the campus license agreement with the standard restrictions.


Contact labstaff if you have any questions about software packages or support provided.


-- JoeyArmstrong - 27 Feb 2009
-- StevenLindsey - 13 May 2011

Topic revision: r25 - 2011-05-13 - 16:43:39 - StevenLindsey
 
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