Nevis Software Guide
In addition to the notes below and in linked web pages, you should also look at the latest
nevis-linux
announcements for descriptions of
new software and the latest versions.
UNIX software at Nevis can be generally grouped into these categories:
UNIX system commands
These are programs that are part of almost any UNIX system
installation. To get information about a UNIX command, use
man
For example, to get information about the
grep
command, type
man grep
.
If you want to learn about the UNIX operating system and its commands:
Utilities
The GNU Consortium is the standard source for free UNIX utility software, including the utilities available in
Linux
. An important GNU utility is the
emacs
editor. To get information about most GNU utilities, you can use the
info
facility which is easily available from within
emacs
.
The steps involved to see the GNU documentation are:
- type
emacs
to invoke the editor
- (if this is your first time using emacs)learn the basic navigation commands by typing
C-h t
<-- this means to hold down the "Ctrl" key, type "h", let go of the "Ctrl" key, and type "t".
- invoke info by typing
C-h i
.
Physics and research-related software
- Programs are not necessarily part of a standard Linux installation, including Geant4, ROOT, PAW, and LaTeX.
- Compiler tools that are useful for large projects or for using our condor batch farm.
Symbolic Math programs
You can use symbolic math programs via our
notebook server. If you're looking specifically for Mathematica, Matlab, or Maple, please see
this page.
Electronic Mail
E-mail is such an important tool for a research scientist that it has been given a
section all its own.