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 ====== Locally-installed software ====== ====== Locally-installed software ======
  
-===== General Software and Packages ===== +While some software packages are automatically available to all users (they are included in the default PATH), many are available via the [[computing:department:unix:software:modules|modules system]] and have to be activated before use.
-These applications and packages are available to all users by default. +
  
 ==== Mathematica ==== ==== Mathematica ====
-Start Mathematica using the command ''mathematica'' for the XWindows notebook-style interface, or ''math'' for the terminal-based interface.+ 
 +Activate using ''module load mathematica'', after which you can use the command ''mathematica'' for the XWindows notebook-style interface, or ''math'' for the terminal-based interface.
  
    * More info at [[http://documents.wolfram.com/]]    * More info at [[http://documents.wolfram.com/]]
  
 +==== MATLAB ====
  
-==== MatLab ==== +Use ''module load matlab'' to activate. 
-MatLab is started using the ''matlab'' command. Extensive online help is available.+ 
 +After loading the module, matlab is started using the ''matlab'' command. Extensive online help is available.
  
 ==== ROOT ==== ==== ROOT ====
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 The official documentation for ROOT may be found at [[http://root.cern.ch/]], but you should also check the much more useful [[:computing:contrib:root:|local documentation]] The official documentation for ROOT may be found at [[http://root.cern.ch/]], but you should also check the much more useful [[:computing:contrib:root:|local documentation]]
  
-==== MN_FIT ==== +==== Supermongo ====
-Fitting and plotting package, available on Tru64 and Linux. More info at the [[http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html|MN_FIT homepage]].+
  
-==== Physica ==== +Supermongo is a plotting and analysis program widely used in the astrophysics community. 
-Info at [[http://www.triumf.ca/physica/html/homepage.html]].+Use ''module load sm'' to activate, followed by ''sm'' to run.
  
-Note, run physica by typing ''run_physica'' (this is a wrapper script which sets essential environment variables before starting the program). +More info at [[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/sm]] and possibly from [[http://www.rebeccastanek.com/super/]].
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-==== Supermongo ==== +
-Plotting program, type ''sm'' to run. More info at [[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/sm]] and possibly from [[http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/users/rstanek/sm.html]].+
  
 ===== Astronomy Software and Packages ===== ===== Astronomy Software and Packages =====
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