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Supported Architectures and Operating Systems

AIX / IBM

  • AIX 3.5

FreeBSD

  • FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p5

Linux

  • Gentoo 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

Solaris / Sun Microsystems

  • solaris 10 running on sparc hardware

Windows

  • WindowsXP
  • Windows Vista

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. It will eventually be supported.


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


-- JoeyArmstrong - 27 Feb 2009
-- StevenLindsey - 20 Nov 2009

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