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Laboratory Software
This site lists which specialist software is available in each of the SCSSE & SISAT computer laboratories. Many laboratory computers can be booted into either Windows XP or Ubuntu
Windows XP Laboratories
Software common to all Windows XP laboratories
- Standard Windows XP packages such as Notepad, Paint, Media player, etc
- ActivePerl-5.10.0
- ActivePython-2.5.2.2
- DirectX Runtime Jun 08
- Eclipse 3.4 (except syslab)
C/C++ Development Tools (CDT)
PHP Development Tools 1.1 (PDT)
Eclipse documentation link - Endnote 9.0
- FileZilla FTP 3.0.11
- Firefox 3.5.5
WMP plugin for Firefox - Flash player IE / Firefox
- Ghostscript 8.6.2
- GSView 4.9
- Holocentric Modeller 5.2 (except syslab)
- Internet Explorer 7
- Java Runtime Env 1.5.0_07 for elearning
Java Development Kit 1.5.0_07
Java BIN path env variable
Java JDE documentation (except syslab) - McAfee 8.5i
- Microsoft .NET framework 2.0 / SP1
- Microsoft Frontpage 2003
- Microsoft Office Professional 2003 / SP3
MS Office 2007 compatibility pack - Microsoft Office Project Pro 2003 / SP3
- Microsoft Silverlight 3.0
- Microsoft Visio Professional 2007 / SP1
- Quicktime 7.6.4
- Rational Rose Enterprise Edition (except syslab)
Rational Rose Documentation - Roxio Creator 9 (Dell CD)
- Shockwave player 11 Shockwave_Installer_Slim.exe
- SSH secure shell 3.2.5
- The Gimp 2.4.6
- Visual Studio.NET 2005 / SP1 (Except MMLAB)
Visual Studio 2005 documentation - VMWare player 3.0
- Windows Media player 11
Macro Lab (3.124)
- 3D GameStudio
- Central Lamp Server
- Dev C++ (Macquaire Edition)
- Lite-C
- Pari-2-3-3.exe
Database Lab (3.125)
- Dev C++ (Macquaire Edition)
- Net Beans 5.5
- Oracle 10g and accounts
- Pari-2-3-3.exe
- Protege 4.0 alpha
- MS SQL 2005
Micro Lab (3.126)
- COSMOS
Mega Lab (3.127)
- ArgoUML 0.2.4
- Cygwin
- Dev C++ (Macquaire Edition)
- MikTEX 2.7
- Oxygen / XMLspy ( later)
- Pari-2-3-3.exe
- Register Saxon DLLs
- Saxon 9.1.0.1
- Saxon documentation
- SAXON_HOME env variable
- TeXnicCenter version 1 Beta 7.50
- TortoiseSVN 1.5
- Winedt 5.5
- XRAY XML editor version 2.1, build 10
Systems Lab (3.230)
- Apache
- Dev C++ (Macquaire Edition)
- IIS and Frontpage 2000 Server Extension
- J2SE Development Kit 5.0
- J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0
- Java 2 SDK
- MikTex
- snort + winpcap
- SQL Lite 3.5.9
Earthlab 17.106
- Net Beans 5.5 Windows
- Protege 4 Alpha
Macintosh OSX Laboratories
Software common to all Macintosh OSX laboratories
- Standard Macintosh OSX packages such as iLife Suite, Quicktime player, web browsers, etc
- Microsoft Office
- Graphic Converter
- Fugu (GUI PTP client)
- Stuffit Expander
- PhotoBooth
- TextWrangler
Multimedia Lab (3.128)
- Dual Boot with Windows XP which includes Visual Studio 08 (SP1) and SQL 08 (SP1)
- Adobe Creative Suite 2
- Colour Consultant
- Curio
- Final Cut Studio
- JOGL (Java OpenGL library)
- Labview 8
- Labvvis
- MacroMedia Flash MX
- OpenBase
- Quartz Composer
- Robolab 2.5.4
- WebObjects Developer
- Xcode
Project Lab (3.233)
- Additional software is installed as required for each project
All Ubuntu Laboratories
Software common to all Ubuntu laboratories ( skylab earthlab macrolab microlab megalab)
- anjuta
- asclock
- audacity
- blender
- bluefish
- build-essential (compiler basics)
- CPPunit (libcppunit-dev)
- ddd
- dia-gnome
- eclipse
- eclipse-cdt
- emacs
- eric
- etek
- flashplugin-nonfree
- g77 (GNU FORTRAN 77)
- gedit
- glade-gnome
- gnuplot
- inkscape
- jokosher
- kde
- KDE develop libraries dke-devel kde-devel-extras
- kdevelop
- Kile (Latex front end)
- kpdf
- Latex (tetex)
- libcppunit-doc
- libglut3-dev
- maxima
- maxima-doc
- menu
- mozilla-thunderbird
- mplayer
- mplayer-doc
- nedit
- nfs-common
- nis
- octave
- octave2.1
- octave2.1-doc
- openssh-server
- perl-base
- perl-doc
- perl-modules
- portmap
- python-doc
- quanta
- quota
- scigraphica
- scilab
- scilab-doc
- scribus
- scribus-doc
- subversion
- subversion-tools
- sun-java6-jdk
- umbrello
- Viewers: gv, xdvi, xpdf
- Vim editor
- wmaker
- wmaker-data
- wxmaxima
Macro Lab (3.124)
- C++/cppUnit
- Eclipse
- ffmpeg
- ffmpeg & xorg-dev and xserver-xorg-dev
- gspa drivers
- Jslice: Linux version
- NetBeans/C++ and NetBeans/UML
- Open Office
- SDL
- spcaview
- Subversion GIU client
- virindi sbversion server
Micro Lab (3.126)
- Ubuntu - No special software requisted
Mega Lab (3.127)
- C++/cppUnit
- Eclipse
- NetBeans/C++ and NetBeans/UML
- Open Office
- Remote login to banshee (XDMCP)
- Subversion GIU client
- virindi sbversion server
Systems Lab (3.230) and Datalab 3.125
- No Ubuntu Installed
Project Lab (3.233)
- Additional software is installed as required for each project
Earthlab (17.106)
- For Ubuntu Standard installation
Solaris Laboratories
Software common to all Solaris laboratories
- Standard Unix packages such as GNU compiler collection, etc
- Bluej
- Clisp
- CorbaOrbs
- Gdb
- Glut
- Java
- Latex2html
- Maple
- Neuralworks
- Openmpi
- Oracle
- Submit
- Turnin
Javalab (3.229)
- No additional applications
Last reviewed: 20 November, 2009

