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SCV Software Packages

For non-SCV information, see the ACS Help System

Find the package you are interested in, either by choosing the appropriate category in the sidebar or by using the find/search command in your browser to look up a package by name, and click on one of the links to the right of the package name. More detailed help is also available.

You can also Search the SCV Web for references to the package you need.


Basic System Usage 

  • SCV Security and Access (logging in to SCV Systems) [SCV Help, Man Page]
  • Basic Unix/X Windows Help related to use of SCV packages [SCV Help]
  • Color Printing, Scanning, Slides Production and other services [SCV Help]
  • Black and White Printing [ACS Help]
  • Ethics Policy [ACS Help]
  • Passwords [ACS Help]
  • Access Protection - CHMOD [ACS Help]
  • Access Protection - UMASK [ACS Help]
  • Terminal/Workstation Access Control [SCV Help]
  • Connecting to the Campus Network [PCSC Help]

Electronic Mail 

Editors 

File Storage and Compression 

(Batch System) Job Management 

Programming Languages and Compilers 

Message Passing Libraries 

Program Debuggers/Profilers 

Mathematics and Data Analysis 

Scientific and Mathematical Subroutine Libraries 

Scientific and Engineering Applications 

Plotting 

Scientific Visualization 

Modeling, Rendering and Animation 

Drawing and Presentation Graphics 

Image Tools 

Windowing Software 

Web Tools 

Usenet News 

Document Processing 

Reference Materials 

File Downloading 

Additional Software available on the ACS Cluster

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