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| sextractor || A program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image. || http://terapix.iap.fr/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=91/
| [http://www.eso.org/sci/data-processing/software/cpl/ cpl] || ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction
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| wcstools || Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image. || http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/
| [http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/funtools/ funtools] || Minimal FITS library and utilities
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| stellarium || Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. || http://www.stellarium.org/
| [http://terapix.iap.fr/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=91/ sextractor] || A program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image.
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| funtools || Minimal FITS library and utilities || http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/funtools/
| [http://www.stellarium.org/ stellarium] || Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
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| qfits || A stand-alone general purpose FITS library || http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/qfits/
| [http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/qfits/ qfits] || A stand-alone general purpose FITS library
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| cpl || ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction  || http://www.eso.org/sci/data-processing/software/cpl/
| [http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/ wcstools] || Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image.
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== Biology ==
== Biology ==

Revision as of 17:36, 24 August 2008

List of scientific/engineering packages

Mathematics

Package Name Description
blitz Blitz++ is a C++ class library for matrix scientific computing
calc Calc is an arbitrary precision C-like arithmetic system that is a calculator, an algorithm-prototyper, and a mathematical research tool.
kpolynome KPolynome is a program to calculate mathematical polynomes based on given data coordinates.
mona Mona is a decision procedure for the WS1S and WS2S logics
Octave Octave is a Matlab-Clone
R R is a software environment for statistical computing and graphics
scigraphica Scientific application for data analysis and technical graphics

Mechanical engineering

Package Name Description
FreeFEM Free<Fem++ is an implementation of a language dedicated to the finite element method. It enables you to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDE) easily.
Qcad QCad is an application for computer aided drafting in two dimensions (2d)

Electrical engineering

Package Name Description
The Geda Suite The complete suite for Electrical schematic and simulation
geda-docs
geda-examples
geda-gattrib
geda-gnetlist
geda-gschem
geda-gsymcheck
geda-symbols
geda-utils
Documentation for gEDA
Circuit examples for gEDA
Attribute editor for gEDA
Netlister for the gEDA project
Electronics schematics editor
Symbol checker for electronics schematics editor
A bunch of symbols of electronic devices used by gschem.
Utilities for gEDA
gresistor To allow for identification, resistors are usually marked with colored bands. Often refereed to as color codes, these markings are indicative of their resistance, tolerance and temperature coefficient.
gnucap GNU Circuit Analysis Package
ktechlab Development and simulation of microcontrollers and electronic circuits
Ngspice A mixed level/signal circuit simulator
pcb PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X window system.
toped IC Layout Editor
xcircuit Xcircuit is a general-purpose drawing program and also a specific-purpose CAD program for circuit schematic drawing and schematic capture.
qucs Qucs is a circuit simulator with graphical user interface. The software aims to support all kinds of circuit simulation types, e.g. DC, AC, S-parameter and harmonic balance analysis.
freehdl A project to develop a free, open source, GPL'ed VHDL simulator for Linux.

Chemistry

Package Name Description
GChemistry Gnome Chemistry Utils incl. periodic table of the elements, molecular structure viewer and chemical calculator
inchi The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier library
openbabel Chemistry software file format converter
xdrawchem 2D chemical structures drawing tool

Astronomy

Package Name Description
cpl ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction
funtools Minimal FITS library and utilities
sextractor A program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image.
stellarium Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
qfits A stand-alone general purpose FITS library
wcstools Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image.

Biology

Package Name Description Link
elph Tool to find motifs in a set of DNA or protein sequences http://www.cbcb.umd.edu/software/ELPH/
glimmer System for finding genes in microbial DNA http://www.cbcb.umd.edu/software/glimmer
hmmer Profile HMM software for protein sequence analysis http://hmmer.wustl.edu
lagan Local, global, and multiple alignment of DNA sequences http://lagan.stanford.edu
perl-bioperl A collection of tools for bioinformatics in Perl http://www.bioperl.org/
perl-biopython A collection of tools for bioinformatics in Python http://www.biopython.org/
seaview Graphical multiple sequence alignment editor http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/software/seaview.html
SIBsim4 Align expressed RNA sequences on a DNA template http://sibsim4.sourceforge.net