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tutorials:software [2011/04/30 13:25] – created clemenstutorials:software [2011/10/04 17:04] (current) – Fix formatting of '&' memnon
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 ===== Software Packages on SDF by Category ===== ===== Software Packages on SDF by Category =====
  
-This page is intended to present the many, many software packages & programs currently installed on SDF, sorted into categories for ease of reference. New users can refer to this file when trying to find programs, and even long-time SDFers can possibly discover something new here.+This page is intended to present the many, many software packages & programs currently installed on SDF, sorted into categories for ease of reference. New users can refer to this file when trying to find programs, and even long-time SDFers can possibly discover something new here.
  
 Note that this list is not expected to contain every single package currently installed. For a complete list of packages on SDF, see [[http://sdf.lonestar.org/index.cgi?software|here]]. For a complete list of software that //could// be installed if only you were to bug smj, see [[ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/README-all.html|here]]. Note that this list is not expected to contain every single package currently installed. For a complete list of packages on SDF, see [[http://sdf.lonestar.org/index.cgi?software|here]]. For a complete list of software that //could// be installed if only you were to bug smj, see [[ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/README-all.html|here]].
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   * "xmh"   * "xmh"
  
-=== Mail-Processing & Other Mail-Related Programs ===+=== Mail-Processing & Other Mail-Related Programs ===
  
   * "biff" — notifies you when new mail arrives   * "biff" — notifies you when new mail arrives
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   * "touch"   * "touch"
  
-=== File Processing & Filtering ===+=== File Processing & Filtering ===
  
   * "awk"   * "awk"
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   * "trn" (ARPA)   * "trn" (ARPA)
  
-=== File Transfer & Retrieval Programs ===+=== File Transfer & Retrieval Programs ===
  
   * "[[http://curl.haxx.se/|curl]]"   * "[[http://curl.haxx.se/|curl]]"
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   * "users"   * "users"
  
-=== Process Information & Control ===+=== Process Information & Control ===
  
   * "env"   * "env"
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   * "nasm" (MetaARPA)   * "nasm" (MetaARPA)
  
-=== Programming Language Interpreters & Virtual Machines ===+=== Programming Language Interpreters & Virtual Machines ===
  
   * "cint" — C interpreter   * "cint" — C interpreter
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   * "[[http://www.kaffe.org/|kaffe]]" (MetaARPA)   * "[[http://www.kaffe.org/|kaffe]]" (MetaARPA)
   * "lisp" (MetaARPA; wrapper around "uxlisp")   * "lisp" (MetaARPA; wrapper around "uxlisp")
-  * "[[http://www.perl.org|perl]]" — pathologically eclectic rubbish lister practical extraction & report language (ARPA)+  * "[[http://www.perl.org|perl]]" — pathologically eclectic rubbish lister practical extraction & report language (ARPA)
   * "[[http://www.php.net|php]]" — PHP: hypertext preprocessor (ARPA)   * "[[http://www.php.net|php]]" — PHP: hypertext preprocessor (ARPA)
   * "[[http://www.python.org|python]]" (ARPA)   * "[[http://www.python.org|python]]" (ARPA)
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   * "yacc" — yet another compiler compiler (ARPA)   * "yacc" — yet another compiler compiler (ARPA)
  
-=== Encryption & Cryptography Programs ===+=== Encryption & Cryptography Programs ===
  
   * "cksum"   * "cksum"
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   * "[[http://chicago.sourceforge.net/xlhtml/|xlhtml]]"   * "[[http://chicago.sourceforge.net/xlhtml/|xlhtml]]"
  
-=== File Archival & Compression Utilities ===+=== File Archival & Compression Utilities ===
  
   * "aetar"   * "aetar"
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 === Typesetting === === Typesetting ===
  
-  * Manpages & *roff+  * Manpages & *roff
     * "colcrt"     * "colcrt"
     * "eqn"     * "eqn"
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     * "troff"     * "troff"
     * "vgrind"     * "vgrind"
-  * PostScript & PDFs+  * PostScript & PDFs
     * "abcm2ps" — "Converts ABC to music sheet in PostScript format"     * "abcm2ps" — "Converts ABC to music sheet in PostScript format"
     * "diffpp"     * "diffpp"
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   * "wtf"   * "wtf"
  
-=== Game Interpreters & Clients ===+=== Game Interpreters & Clients ===
  
   * "frotz"   * "frotz"
   * "tf"   * "tf"
  
-=== Mathematical & Statistical Programs ===+=== Mathematical & Statistical Programs ===
  
   * "bc"   * "bc"
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   * "mathomatic"   * "mathomatic"
  
-=== Image Creation, Conversion, & Manipulation ===+=== Image Creation, Conversion, & Manipulation ===
  
   * ImageMagick ("animate", "compare", "composite", "conjure", "convert", "display", "identify", "import", "mogrify", "montage", "stream")   * ImageMagick ("animate", "compare", "composite", "conjure", "convert", "display", "identify", "import", "mogrify", "montage", "stream")
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   * "[[http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html|ispell]]"   * "[[http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/ispell.html|ispell]]"
  
-=== Productivity & Reminder Software ===+=== Productivity & Reminder Software ===
  
   * "calendar"   * "calendar"
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   * "tty" — give the name of your terminal   * "tty" — give the name of your terminal
  
-=== Information & Help ===+=== Information & Help ===
  
   * "apropos" — search for programs by keywords in documentation   * "apropos" — search for programs by keywords in documentation
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   * "whatis" — get a brief description of a command   * "whatis" — get a brief description of a command
  
-=== Finding Files & Programs ===+=== Finding Files & Programs ===
  
   * "find" — search a directory tree for files that match given criteria (MetaARPA)   * "find" — search a directory tree for files that match given criteria (MetaARPA)
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   * If several closely-related programs come together as part of the same package (e.g., "strfile" and "unstr" with "fortune", or all of the GhostScript programs), only give the name of the main program.   * If several closely-related programs come together as part of the same package (e.g., "strfile" and "unstr" with "fortune", or all of the GhostScript programs), only give the name of the main program.
   * If a program currently just doesn't work (e.g., "hnb"), don't list it here.   * If a program currently just doesn't work (e.g., "hnb"), don't list it here.
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