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-====== Physics and Astronomy-related software ======
+====== Locally-installed software ======
-Many packages such as cernlib, root, geant, etc are provided via the [[:computing:department:unix:software:ups|UPS product manager]]. Use the command ''ups list -aK+'' to get a brief listing of all such packages. More information is available in our introduction to UPS.
-===== General Software and Packages =====
-These applications and packages are available to all users by default.
+While some software packages are automatically available to all users (they are included in the default PATH), many are available via the [[computing:department:unix:software:modules|modules system]] and have to be activated before use.
 ==== Mathematica ====
-Start Mathematica using the command ''mathematica'' for the XWindows notebook-style interface, or ''math'' for the terminal-based interface.
+Activate using ''module load mathematica'', after which you can use the command ''mathematica'' for the XWindows notebook-style interface, or ''math'' for the terminal-based interface.
    * More info at [[http://documents.wolfram.com/]]
+==== MATLAB ====
-==== MatLab ====
+Use ''module load matlab'' to activate.
-MatLab is started using the ''matlab'' command. Extensive online help is available.
-==== CERN program library ====
+After loading the module, matlab is started using the ''matlab'' command. Extensive online help is available.
-On Tru64 and Linux systems, cernlib is available through the UPS ''setup'' command (''setup cern''). Several versions of cernlib may be available - use ''ups list'' to find out which.
-After running ''setup cern'', some environment variables (eg ''CERNLIB'') will be set to enable location of the libraries.
-   * [[http://wwwinfo.cern.ch/asd/cernlib/|CERN Library Documentation]]
 ==== ROOT ====
-Available via the UPS ''setup root'' command.
-The official documentation for ROOT may be found at [[http://root.cern.ch/]], but you should also check the much more useful [[:computing:contrib:root|local documentation]]
+The official documentation for ROOT may be found at [[http://root.cern.ch/]], but you should also check the much more useful [[:computing:contrib:root:|local documentation]]
-==== MN_FIT ====
+==== Supermongo ====
-Fitting and plotting package, available on Tru64 and Linux. More info at the [[http://www-zeus.physik.uni-bonn.de/~brock/mn_fit.html|MN_FIT homepage]].
-==== Physica ====
+Supermongo is a plotting and analysis program widely used in the astrophysics community.
-Supported on both Tru64 and Linux. Info at [[http://www.triumf.ca/physica/html/homepage.html]].
+Use ''module load sm'' to activate, followed by ''sm'' to run.
-Note, run physica by typing ''run_physica'' (this is a wrapper script which sets essential environment variables before starting the program).
+More info at [[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/sm]] and possibly from [[http://www.rebeccastanek.com/super/]].
-==== Supermongo ====
-Plotting program, available on Tru64 and Linux - type ''sm'' to run. More info at [[http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~rhl/sm]] and possibly from [[http://www.astro.lsa.umich.edu/users/rstanek/sm.html]].
 ===== Astronomy Software and Packages =====

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