Available Application Servers and Application Services

CSLab systems have a wide array of software installed. Note that some packages may be installed on compute servers but not on application servers, or vice versa. Also, if you cannot find a particular piece of software, or a particular version of an application in your default PATH on one of our servers, first please look in /opt to see if the software was installed there. Note that to use some software in /opt, you may have to alter your PATH or LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables. Should you have questions regarding this, questions about any software on CSLab systems, or if you wish to have software made available for you which is not currently installed, please contact your Point of Contact (PoC).

Please select from the following list of application services:

• Linux Application Servers (LTSP providers)

• Linux Compute Servers

• Windows 2003 Application Servers

• Matlab

• CUDA

• X Windows

• Latex Resources

CSLab Application Servers vs. Compute Servers

CSLab has deployed two new classes of servers; we call them Application Servers and Compute Servers, with current DNS names of apps0.cs through apps3.cs for application servers, and comps0.cs through comps4.cs for compute servers.

The apps servers are designated as ltsp login machines, and general-purpose computing such as email clients, web browsers, and varied applications. They are not designed for high-end computation or software development. For compatibility reasons, they are running a 32-bit Ubuntu distribution. These machines provide a general set of applications with some development software installed.

The comps servers are designated as high-end computing platforms, supporting software development and Matlab. They run a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, and to avoid computing loads not related to research computing, have a small subset of the apps servers application packages installed. They do however have a large variety of development environments and libraries installed.

Software Differences Between Apps and Comps Machines

Examples of Common Software

• a2ps
• bash
• cvs
• eclipse
• emacs
• enscript
• g++
• g77
• gcc
• gv
• lynx
• mozilla-browser
• ncftp
• openssh-client
• openssh-server
• openssl
• perl
• python
• rcs
• rsync
• screen
• subversion
• sun-java5
• tcsh
• tetex
• xemacs21
• xfig
• xterm
• zsh

While both apps and comps machines carry a reasonable number of packages that are mirrored on both classes of server, there are differences. Listed here are some of the applications and software that are only available on one of the two types of machines. Libraries and rarely-used applications are not listed here; this is simply to provide a general idea of what the two classes of machines are intended to be used for.

Examples of Apps-Specific Software

• acroread
• automake1.4
• bsh
• evince
• evolution
• exmh
• firefox
• fvwm
• gaim
• gimp
• gnome
• inkscape
• kate
• kde
• kdelirc
• kdepim
• kghostview
• kmail
• knode
• konqueror
• kpdf
• ksirc
• mozilla
• mutt
• nautilus
• nmh
• openoffice.org
• alpine
• rdesktop
• twm
• xpdf
• xtightvncviewer

Examples of Comps-Specific Software

• atlas
• clisp
• gprolog
• matlab
• prolog-el
• swi-prolog