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/uns Student Supported Software

/uns Student Supported Software. Greg J. Badros /uns Coordinator UW CS&E 24-September-1998. http://www.cs.washington.edu/uns. Why /uns?. Newer software Less-widely relevant software More uniformity across platforms Shared scripts Also liason to lab-staff supported software

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/uns Student Supported Software

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  1. /unsStudent Supported Software Greg J. Badros /uns Coordinator UW CS&E 24-September-1998 http://www.cs.washington.edu/uns

  2. Why /uns? • Newer software • Less-widely relevant software • More uniformity across platforms • Shared scripts • Also • liason to lab-staff supported software • technical skill education

  3. /uns Platforms • GNU/Linux • Sun Solaris • SGI Irix • IBM AIX • Sun SunOS4 • OSF/1 • Ultrix Better supported

  4. /uns Software • Emacs {19.34,20.3}, XEmacs 20.4, vim • Netscape4 (soon lss) • Perl 5.004 • Tcl/Tk 8.0 • Python 1.[45] • g++ 2.8.1, egcs-1.1b • gimp 1.0, ical 2.1, plan, gnus, tin, trn

  5. /uns Software (..cont) • Zsh 3.0.x, bash, tcsh • GNU File and Text Utilities • CVS, LaTeX2HTML • JDK 1.1.4 • Various window managers • scwm, fvwm, AfterStep, ctwm, icewm • Lots, lots more!

  6. /uns Directories • Per platform:/uns includes: /uns/bin, /uns/lib • One shared area mounted everywhere:/uns/share includes:/uns/share/bin/uns/share/{x,}emacs/site-lisp/uns/share/doc

  7. Using /uns Software • PATH/uns/gnu/bin:/uns/bin:/uns/share/binPerhaps /uns/egcs/bin • LD_LIBRARY_PATH /uns/lib • MANPATH /uns/share/man • INFOPATH /uns/share/info • TEXINPUTS/uns/share/lib/texmf/site-macros

  8. Limitations • /uns not available on web server • Not all platforms equally well supported • Some platforms tight on space • Accessing via NFS can be slow

  9. NT /uns • \\RFILESRV1\UNS • \\RFILESRV1\dist-area

  10. NT/Unix Integration • http://.../lab/sw/nt-integration • Unix files from NT:Samba \\<server>.cs\<username> e.g., \\pahtoo.cs\gjbX Servers (e.g., XWin32) • NT from Unix:smbclient \\rfilesrv1\students -W cseresearchHydra, WinDD

  11. Tools Talks • Last year’s talks • Shells (sh, zsh, bash, csh, tcsh) • Emacs • Project Management (make, RCS, CVS) • NT • New talks • Perl, python, Java • Others?

  12. C&C Uniform Access Account • UW NetIdhttp://www.washington.edu/computing/uwnetid

  13. Staying Informed • Newsgroup: uw-cs.apps.announce.uns • Web updates:http://www.cs.washington.edu/uns

  14. Getting Involved • Become a member of group uns • read /uns/share/README • email uns-request@cs (me!) • Mailing list: uns@cs (all uns group members) • Post installation news to:uw-cs.apps.announce.uns

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