Software for CSIL Linux
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Software list for CSIL Linux
Currently, Ubuntu 22.04 is running on CSIL Linux physical workstations, CSIL CPU servers and CSIL VDI.
The following is a list of Linux based software available in CSIL.
If you want to get extra software installed, please contact your instructor.
Commonly used software
| Name | Version | Availability | Command | Reference |
| SSH Server | 8.9p1 | CSIL Linux | /usr/sbin/sshd | Ubuntu package |
| SSH Client | 8.9p1 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/ssh | Ubuntu package |
| Google Chrome | 131.0.6778.139 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/google-chrome | Ubuntu package |
| Mozilla Firefox | 133.0.3 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/firefox | Ubuntu package |
| FileZilla | 3.58.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/filezilla | Ubuntu package |
| document viewer: atril | 1.26.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/atril | |
| Postscript to PDF converter | 9.55.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/ps2pdf | Ubuntu package |
| Lynx text mode browser | 2.9.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/lynx | Ubuntu package |
| Libre Office | 7.3.7.2 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/libreoffice | Ubuntu package |
| Displays directory tree | 2.0.2 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/tree | Ubuntu package |
| text editor: emacs | 27.1 | CSIL Linux (NOTon CSIL VDI) | /usr/bin/emacs | Ubuntu package |
| text editor (GUI): gedit | 41.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/gedit | Ubuntu package |
| text editor: nano | 6.2 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/nano | Ubuntu package |
| text editor: atom | 1.60.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/atom | Ubuntu package |
| text editor: vim | 8.2.2121 |
CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/vim | Ubuntu package |
| text editor: vi | |
CSIL Linux | smlink to vim | |
| rclone | 1.53.3 | CSIL Linux workstations | /usr/bin/rclone | doee NOT work with due to security issue. |
| VirtualBox | 6.1.50 | CSIL Linux workstations | /usr/bin/virtualbox |
Development tools
| Name | Version | Availability | Command | Reference |
| Awk | 5.1.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/awk | Ubuntu package |
| Bison Parser generator | 3.8.2 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/bison | Ubuntu package |
| GIT version control system | 2.34.1 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/git | Ubuntu package |
| Lexical analyzer generator | 2.6.4 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/flex | Ubuntu package |
| C/C++ Tools | 11.4.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/gcc, g++, CLion | CLion license: cs-sc-licensing.cs.surrey.sfu.ca:8023 |
| gdb | 12.1 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/gdb | Ubuntu package |
| Haskell | 98.200609.21-6 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/hugs | Ubuntu package |
| Glasgow Haskel Compilation system | 8.8.4 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/ghc | Ubuntu Package |
| Java (OpenJDK) | 11.0.25 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/java | Ubuntu package |
| Valgrind instrumentation framework for dynamic analysis tools | 3.18.1 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/valgrind | Ubuntu package |
| Python3 | 3.10.12 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/python | Ubuntu package; use in CSIL |
| SWI-Prolog | 8.4.2 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/swipl | Ubuntu package |
| TCL interpreter | 8.6 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/tclsh | Ubuntu package |
| IDE: Jetbrains (CLion, PyCharm, GoLand, IntelliJ etc) | 2019.2 | CSIL Linux | Desktop menu | License: http://cs-sc-licensing.cs.surrey.sfu.ca:8023 |
| IDE: Visual Studio Code | 1.89.0 | CSIL Linux | /bin/code |
Graphics and image processing tools
| Name | Version | Availability | Command | Reference |
| Graphics manipulation programs | 10.0 | CSIL Linux | all the commands with netpbm packages in /usr/bin | Ubuntu package |
| GIMP | 2.10.30 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/gimp | Ubuntu package |
| TK graphical user interface tool kit | 8.6 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/wish | Ubuntu package |
| VTK image processing/visualization | 6.3.0 | CSIL Linux | /usr/bin/vtk7 | Ubuntu package |
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Last updated @ 2025.04.15