Supported Architectures and Operating Systems

Linux

• Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04
• Please see LabstaffUbuntu for additional advice.

OSX/ Apple ( not officially supported )

• Labstaff will help as possible
• Please see LabstaffMacintosh for additional advice.

Windows

• Windows 7

Packages and support levels

Miscellaneous

package	available	support	description
boinc	Y	User supported	Grid Computing
open-mpi	Y	Y	Grid Computing
ghostscript	Y	Y	LaTex/PDF/PS/... document manipulation
gnome	Y	Y	X desktop for unix
X.org xfree86	Y	Y	X windowing system for unix
http://x.cygwin.com http://www.cygwin.com Installation help	Y	Y	Unix system running on a windows box
UnxUtils	Y	Y	Common set of unix utilities for windows
Maple	Y	N	Tools for mathematics and modeling

Database

package	available	support	description
MySQL	Y		MySQL database server
postgres	Y	Y	Postgres database server

Development

package	available	support	description
gcc, g++	Y	Y	GNU Compiler Collection
	Y	Y	Native Compilers
perl	Y	Y	Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
php	Y	Y	PHP: Hypertext Processor
python	Y	Y	Python programming language
ruby	Y	Y	Ruby programming language
gdb	Y	Y	GNU Debugger

Revision control

package	available	support	CS Wiki	description
CVS	Y	Y		Concurrent Revision Control System Legacy revision control system, use subversion for new projects
subversion	Y	Y	<click>	Open Source Version Control System.
WebSVN	Y	Y		Web interface to department subversion repositories

Web Browsers

browser	supported
Google Chrome	N
Internet Explorer
firefox
safari	Not Officially

Webserver packages and resources

package	available	support	description
apache/httpd	Y	Y	Apache webserver
trac	Y	Y	software project management http://wiki.cs.rpi.edu/trac
Foswiki	Y	Y	Enterprise Wiki http://foswiki.cs.rpi.edu

Unsupported but useful software

Visual Studio and other packages are available for free to current students from http://www.dreamspark.com/ after third party status verification.

Windows 7 has some known issues but is available under the campus license agreement with the standard restrictions.

Contact labstaff if you have any questions about software packages or support provided.

-- JoeyArmstrong - 27 Feb 2009
-- StevenLindsey - 25 Sep 2014
-- PeterBailie - 02 Jun 2015