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  - **vi**: A standard UNIX text editor.  - **vi**: A standard UNIX text editor.
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  - **emacs**: A powerful text editor.  - **emacs**: A powerful text editor.
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  - **tex/latex**: A standard text processing system.  - **tex/latex**: A standard text processing system.
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  - **evince/kghostview**: Packages for viewing PostScript files (and more)  - **evince/kghostview**: Packages for viewing PostScript files (and more)
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  - **xfig**: A package for making diagrams. Particularly useful for making large format posters.  - **xfig**: A package for making diagrams. Particularly useful for making large format posters.
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  - **convert**: command from the ImageMagick package that allows you to convert images from one format to another.  - **convert**: command from the ImageMagick package that allows you to convert images from one format to another.
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  - **pine**: A text-based powerful email client  - **pine**: A text-based powerful email client
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  - **kmail**: A graphical email client for the KDE window system.  - **kmail**: A graphical email client for the KDE window system.
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  - **gcalctool**: An X11-based calculator.  - **gcalctool**: An X11-based calculator.
  
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  - **idl**. A powerful interpreted language with graphical capabilities. This is a licensed product. Our license allows ten people, anywhere on the cluster, to be running it at a given time.  - **idl**. A powerful interpreted language with graphical capabilities. This is a licensed product. Our license allows ten people, anywhere on the cluster, to be running it at a given time.
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  - **IRAF**. A standard astronomical image processing package. Set it up before using the first time with the mkiraf command. Start it up with the cl command.  - **IRAF**. A standard astronomical image processing package. Set it up before using the first time with the mkiraf command. Start it up with the cl command.
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  - **STSDAS/TABLES**. Add-ons to the IRAF package for work related to HST  - **STSDAS/TABLES**. Add-ons to the IRAF package for work related to HST
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  - **AIPS**. Another standard astronomical image processing package, with widespread use in the radio community. If you want to use AIPS, you will need to have some special setup on your computer - see a system administrator.  - **AIPS**. Another standard astronomical image processing package, with widespread use in the radio community. If you want to use AIPS, you will need to have some special setup on your computer - see a system administrator.
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  - **xvista**. Another astronomical image processing package, distributed worldwide by Jon Holtzman of NMSU. Take advantage of the local expertise!  - **xvista**. Another astronomical image processing package, distributed worldwide by Jon Holtzman of NMSU. Take advantage of the local expertise!
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  - **soffice**: link to the OpenOffice suite, which has text processing, presentations, spreadsheet, etc, i.e. an open source alternative to Microsoft Office that runs on the Linux platform (and reads Microsoft files).  - **soffice**: link to the OpenOffice suite, which has text processing, presentations, spreadsheet, etc, i.e. an open source alternative to Microsoft Office that runs on the Linux platform (and reads Microsoft files).
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  - **Supermongo**. Another plotting package based on the original Mongo but with significant enhancements. Start it up with the sm command.  - **Supermongo**. Another plotting package based on the original Mongo but with significant enhancements. Start it up with the sm command.
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  - **Lick Mongo**. A plotting package based on the original Mongo by John Tonry, with very similar usage. Start it up with the lmongo command. Also provides a subroutine library which can be linked to using -lmongo  - **Lick Mongo**. A plotting package based on the original Mongo by John Tonry, with very similar usage. Start it up with the lmongo command. Also provides a subroutine library which can be linked to using -lmongo
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  - **xemacs**. A powerful screen based editor.  - **xemacs**. A powerful screen based editor.
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  - **skycalendar/skycalc**. Programs for making observing calendars (skycalendar) and computing airmass tables, etc. for astronomical observations (skycalc)  - **skycalendar/skycalc**. Programs for making observing calendars (skycalendar) and computing airmass tables, etc. for astronomical observations (skycalc)
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  - **xv**: A package for viewing images in a wide variety of formats, doing some simple image manipulation, grabbing images from the screen, etc  - **xv**: A package for viewing images in a wide variety of formats, doing some simple image manipulation, grabbing images from the screen, etc
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  - **acroread**. Program to read Adobe PDF format files.  - **acroread**. Program to read Adobe PDF format files.
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  - **gifmerge**. Program to take a set of individual GIF format files and combine them into a single animated GIF file.  - **gifmerge**. Program to take a set of individual GIF format files and combine them into a single animated GIF file.
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  - **Numerical Recipes library**. Provides many numerical subroutines and functions. See the book by Press et al. The routines are provided through an object library. Use -lrecipes_f for f77/g77, -lrecipes_c for c routines.  - **Numerical Recipes library**. Provides many numerical subroutines and functions. See the book by Press et al. The routines are provided through an object library. Use -lrecipes_f for f77/g77, -lrecipes_c for c routines.
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  - **slalib**. Subroutine library which provides a wide variety of tasks used for making astronomical observations (e.g., airmass, sidereal time, etc.)  - **slalib**. Subroutine library which provides a wide variety of tasks used for making astronomical observations (e.g., airmass, sidereal time, etc.)
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  - **xanim**. Package which display movies in a variety of formats  - **xanim**. Package which display movies in a variety of formats
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  - **latex2html**. Package which converts LaTeX files into HTML files.  - **latex2html**. Package which converts LaTeX files into HTML files.
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