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Software available in Fedora Scientific

This page is in progress. All the packages included are here

(Refer: Scientific_Spin)


Scientific and Numerical Computing Tools/Environments

Program name Functionality Homepage
gsl GNU Scientific Library http://www.gnu.org/s/gsl/
maxima Computer Algebra System http://maxima.sourceforge.net/
GNU Octave (with QtOctave frontend) Numerical Computation Package http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
matplotlib Python plotting library http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
SciPy Scientific tools for Python http://www.scipy.org/
SpeedCrunch Fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator http://speedcrunch.org/en_US/index.html
Spyder Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment http://packages.python.org/spyder/
Root Data Analysis http://root.cern.ch/drupal/
R (with Rkward) Statistical Computing and Graphics http://www.r-project.org/

Generic Programming and Development Tools/Libraries

Program name Functionality Homepage
C/C++ tools (gcc, autotools, flex, bison, strace,ddd, valgrind..) Tools for C/C++ development http://gcc.gnu.org/ and others.
GNU Fortran Fortran Compiler http://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/
Java Development tools Java compilers/interprters http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Java
NetBeans IDE IDE for C/C++/Java/PHP/Groovy.. http://netbeans.org/
Eclipse IDE IDE for C/C++/Java/PHP/Groovy.. http://www.eclipse.org/


Editing, Plotting, Drawing and Visualization

Program name Functionality Homepage
Texmaker LaTex Editor http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/
Kile TeX/LaTeX editor for the KDE http://kile.sourceforge.net/
Lyx The Document Processor http://www.lyx.org/
Scribus Layout and Publishing http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
Inkscape Vector graphics editor http://inkscape.org/
ScITE Text Editor http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
Xfig and associated Utilities Drawing program http://www.xfig.org/
gnuplot Plotting Program http://www.gnuplot.info
Dia Drawing program http://projects.gnome.org/dia/
GGobi Data Visualization http://www.ggobi.org/
G3DATA Extracting data from graphs http://www.frantz.fi/software/g3data.php
GIMP Image processing http://www.gimp.org/

Version Control and Document Managers

Program name Functionality Homepage
Texmaker LaTex Editor http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/
Xfig and associated Utilities Drawing program http://www.xfig.org/


--Amitksaha 02:17, 15 October 2011 (UTC)