Software:Tools

This category 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
	pico	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
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	use paraview	Info

Editors

• Emacs

Powerful editing written originally by Richard Stallman and is common to most Unix systems.

• nedit

Multi-purpose text editor for the X Window System with a standard, easy to use, graphical user interface.

• pico

Text editor for Unix and Unix-based computer systems. Very simple.

• vi

Text editor originally written by Bill Joy in 1976. Comes standard with Unix environments. Not graphically driven.

Programming Environments, Compilers

• Intel C/C++ compiler (icc)

Intel C/C++ compiler for Linux/Intel computers. Auto-parallelization and OpenMP compiler directives.

• Studio Fortran (ifort) compiler

Intel Fortran compiler for Linux/Intel computers. Auto-parallelization and OpenMP compiler directives.

• Gnu C/C++ compiler (gcc, g++)

Gnu C/C++ compiler for Linux. Understands OpenMP compiler directives.

• Gnu Fortran (gfortran) compiler

Gnu Fortran compiler for Linux/Intel computers. Understands OpenMP compiler directives.

• Python Programming Language Interpreter/Compiler
  • NumPy Fundamental Package for scientifc computing with Python
  • SciPy Python-based ecosystem of open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering

Easy to learn programming language with a clean syntax (and lots of packages).

Debuggers and profilers

• gdb

Standard tool for debugging C code compiled with gcc.

• The HPCVL Working Template (HWT)

Visualization

• ParaView

Open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application. Works both interactively and in batch mode.

• gnuplot

Open-source, multi-platform graphics software.