Software:Tools

The table below contains Development Tools such as editors, compilers, debuggers, etc., as well as other tools such as visualization software. In many cases there is no need to do a separate set-up for this software, as it is usually installed in systems directories. If a set-up is required, it is usually done with the usepackage facility, i.e. through the use command. Type Name Description Setup Information Editors emacs Powerful editing written originally by Richard Stallman and is common to most Unix systems. n/a Info nedit Multi-purpose text editor for Xwindow, easy to use, graphical user interface. n/a Info nano Text editor for Unix and Unix-based computer systems. Very simple. n/a Info vi Default Unix editor, no GUI, works everywhere but has a learning curve. n/a Info Compilers ifort Intel Fortran Compiler use ics Info icc Intel C compiler gfortran Gnu Fortran Compiler n/a Info gcc Gnu C compiler Interpreters python Simple and powerful programming/scripting language n/a Info R Statistical programming language n/a Info Debuggers/Profilers gdb Gnu command line debugger n/a Info gprof Gnu text-based profiler Info hwt "HPCVL Working Template" Tool for parallel programming use hwt Info Visualization gnuplot Gnu plotting tool n/a Info paraview Powerful visualization software including batch mode use paraview Info