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,
look in
UNIXhelp
. For a popular beginner's introduction to UNIX, see
UNIX is a Four-Letter Word
.
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, CLHEP, PAW, OpenOffice, and
latex
.
- Compiler tools that are useful for large projects or for using our condor batch farm.
Symbolic Math programs
If you're looking for a symbolic math program such as
Mathematica
, please look at
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.