Available Software

On any of the Math Department machines, you will find the following generally used programs.

Email:

• Terminal: Pine, elm, mail
• Graphical: Thunderbird

Web Access:

• Graphical: Firefox
• Terminal: links

Math Software:

• Matlab
• Mathematica
• Maple
• R
• MAGMA

Text Editors:

• Terminal: emacs, vim, nano
• Graphical: Xemacs, Gedit, OpenOffice

Network Utilities:

• VoIP: Skype
• Instant Messaging: Empathy
• FTP: KFTP

Document Typesetting/Processing:

• LaTeX, Kile

Compilers:

• C/C++: gcc, icc
• Fortran: gfortran, ifort

Document Display:

• PDF: acroread (Acrobat Reader)
• PostScript: evince
• DVI: xdvi

Program	Information	Links
Pine	Text based email reader. From a terminal window type pine.	Pine User's Guide
elm	Text based email reader. From a terminal type elm.	Elm User's Guide(text file)
mail	Text based email reader. From a terminal type mail.	mail manual page
Thunderbird	Graphical email reader/composer. Found under Applications -> Internet	Thunderbird Support Page
Firefox	State of the art graphical web browser. Found under Applications -> Internet	Firefox Support Page
links	Text based web browser. From a terminal type links.	From a terminal type 'man links' for the manual pages
MATLAB	Technical computing software. Found under Math Department -> MATLAB, or from a terminal type matlab. For use on personal machines, you can order a copy from MIT here(certificates required).	MATLAB Quick Start
Mathematica	Technical computing software. Found under Math Department -> Mathmatica, or from a terminal type mathematica For use on personal machines, faculty and staff can get Mathematica from the Department Computer Help Desk. Students can order a copy from MIT here(certificates required).	Mathematica Learning Center
Maple	Technical computing software. Found under Math Department -> Maple, or from a terminal type maple or xmaple for the graphical interface. For use on personal machines, you can order a copy of maple from MIT here(certificates required).	Maple Mastery(certificates required).
R	Statistical Computing and Graphics. From a terminal, type R.	An Introduction to R
MAGMA	Computer algebra software. From a terminal, type magma. This software will only run on runge, hypatia, dwork, or archimedes.	MAGMA Handbook
emacs	Extensible, customizable text editor	Emacs manual
vim	Highly configurable text editor.	Vim documentation
nano	A simple text editor	nano Command Manual
xemacs	Graphical version of emacs
Gedit	A small and lightweight text editor for the GNOME Desktop Found in Accessories -> Text Editor	Gedit Manual
OpenOffice.org	Office Suite including Document, Presentation, Spreadsheet, and Drawing software. Founder under Applications -> Office
Skype	Voice over Internet software. Skype account is required.	Using Skype
Empathy	Instant Messaging Software. Compatable with gchat, AIM, and nearly every instant messaging service. Found under Applications -> Internet	Empath FAQ
KFTP	Graphical FTP client. Found under Applications -> Internet
LaTeX	A document preparation system.	LaTex Wikibook
Kile	Integrated LaTeX environment.	The Kile Handbook
gcc	GNU C/C++ Compiler	Using the GNU Compiler
icc	Intel C Compiler. Before running the Intel c compiler, configure your environment with the command iccvars.sh. For the 32bit version, type icc32. For the 64bit version, type icc64.	Getting Started
gfortran	GNU Fortran Compiler
ifort	Intel FORTRAN Compiler. Before running the Intel fortran compiler, configure your environment with the command ifortvars.sh. For the 32bit version, type ifort32. For the 64bit version, type ifort64.	Getting Started
acroread	Transcendent PDF viewer. Also known as Acrobat Reader
evince	A simple pdf/ps document viewer.
xdvi	A dvi file viewer.