Development Tools

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This page lists programming tools available: languages, compilers, libraries, profilers and debuggers.

See also: Software, Modules, Applications

Contents

• 1 Compilers
• 2 Other languages
• 3 Libraries
• 4 Parallel APIs
• 5 Debuggers & profilers
• 6 Other tools

Notes

• Software listed below is available at all sites unless indicated otherwise.
• Multiple versions of the same piece of software may be available. We advise you to use Modules to discover which versions are available.

Compilers

Software	Default/ Latest version	Modulefile	Command(s)
PGI with ACML	12.10/ 13.5	pgi	pgf77, pgf90, pgcc, pgCC
Intel with MKL	12.1.7.367/ 16.0.2.181	intel	ifort, icc, icpc, idb, idbc
GCC with ATLAS	4.4.7/ 4.9.3	gcc	gcc, g++, gfortran
Solaris Studio 12.4 (formerly Sun Studio)	5.13	sunstudio	cc, CC, f77, f90, f95
Open MPI wrappers	1.2.9/ 1.4.5	openmpi	mpif77, mpif90, mpicc, mpiCC
CUDA (Mahone only)	5.5	cuda	nvcc

Notes

• Portland Group compilers (PGI) are default compilers
• Read more on Conditional Compilation

Other languages

Software	Default/ Latest version	Modulefile	Command(s)
Java VM (JRE & JDK)	6u31	java	java, javac, javah
Lua	5.1.4	lua	lua, luac
IDL	8.0	idl	idl, idlde
MATLAB DCS	R2016b	--	(see MATLAB DCS)
MATLAB Runtime	R2017a	matlab-runtime	(see MATLAB Runtime)
Mono (.NET)	2.6.7	mono	mono
Octave	3.2.4	octave	octave
Perl	5.8.5/ 5.20.0	perl	perl
SWI-Prolog	5.6.64	pl	pl
Python	2.6.2/ 3.4.1	python	python, ipython
R	3.1.2/ 3.3.0	r	R
Ruby	1.8.1	--	ruby
Tcl	8.4	--	tcl

Libraries

Software	Default/ Latest version	Modulefile	Command(s)
Armadillo C++	3.920.1	armadillo	-larmadillo
ATLAS	3.8.4	atlas	-llapack -lf77blas -lcblas -latlas
Boost C++	1.47.0	boost	-lboost_...
FFTW	3.3.1	fftw	-lfftw3
GMP	4.1.4	--	-lgmp
GSL	1.15	gsl	-lgsl
HDF	1.8.9	hdf	-lhdf5
libMesh	0.8.0	libmesh	see libMesh
MPFR	3.1.0	mpfr	-lmpfr
NetCDF	4.1.3	netcdf	-lnetcdf
NTL	5.5.2	ntl	-lntl
PETSc	3.3	petsc	-lpetsc
ScaLAPACK	2.0.2	scalapack	-lscalapack
SLEPc	3.3	slepc	-lslepc
Szip	2.1	szip	-lsz
Spark	1.6.2/ 2.0.0	spark	see Spark

Parallel APIs

Software	Default/ Latest version	Modulefile	Command(s)
MPI	1.2.9/ 1.4.5	openmpi	mpif77, mpif90, mpicc, mpiCC
OpenMP	-	--
BSPonMPI	-
XPA	2.1.13	xpa	xpans, xpaset,...

Debuggers & profilers

Software	Default/ Latest version	Modulefile	Command(s)
GDB	6.3	--	gdb
dbx	Sun Studio	sunstudio	dbx
PGDBG	PGI	pgi	pgdbg
PGPROF	PGI	pgi	pgprof
TotalView	8.11.0-0	totalview	totalview, totalviewcli
Valgrind	3.7.0/ 3.11.0	valgrind	valgrind

Other tools

Software	Default/ Latest version	Modulefile	Command(s)
Ant	1.9.4	ant	ant
Autotools	--	autotools	autoconf, automake, libtool, m4
Bash	3.2	bash	bash
GNU Binutils	2.24	binutils	ld, nm,...
CMake	2.8.11.2	cmake	cmake
CVS	1.11.17	--	cvs
Git with Curl	2.0.2	git	git
GNU Make	3.82	make	make, gmake
Mercurial	2.1.1	python	hg
M4	1.4.17	m4	m4
NEdit	5.6	nedit	nedit, nc
pkg-config	0.26	pkg-config	pkg-config
rsync	3.1.0	rsync	rsync
Subversion	1.6.17/ 1.8.13	svn	svn
Coreutils	3.28	coreutils	various commands