Software Directory for Other Platforms
(01/24/08)
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) offers the following software programs to members of the Ohio State University community. Information specific to each platform is listed. Please refer to Site Licensed Software Program for more information about how to obtain the software or to the Site Licensed Software Policy for general policy guidelines and an explanation of certain restrictions that may apply to usage on regional campuses.
NOTE: There is a Listserve email distribution list called SLICNEWS. This Listserve list is for announcements of all new OIT Site Licensed and volume purchase product releases and new products and for inquiries. You can also view recent product announcements from the Site Licensing main page. Both services provide you with information; however, the SLICNEWS Listserve provides you with notices in your email with no further action on your part.
Users may subscribe to SLICNEWS by sending the following email message:
To: listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
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NOTE: Ohio Supercomputer Center
The Ohio Supercomputer Center has also obtained statewide software licenses for a number of products. These are available for free to faculty and for student lab use throughout Ohio. Go to their web pages to see the list of available software and usage instructions at:
http://www.osc.edu/hpc/statewide/
Software Available :
| Platform: HP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gaussian 03 | McAfee VirusScan | |
| Oracle Database Software | RefWorks Current Release | |
| Platform: IBM AIX | ||
| Gaussian 03 | McAfee VirusScan | |
| Oracle Database Software | RefWorks Current Release | |
| Platform: Miscellaneous Unix Systems/Linux | ||
| Cisco VPN Client 4.03B (Linux) | Gaussian 03 | |
| Maple 11 (Linux) | MATLAB 7.6 (Linux) | Mathematica 5.2 |
| McAfee VirusScan | Oracle Database Software | |
| RefWorks Current Release (Unix, Linux) | SAS 9.1.3 (Linux) | STATA 10 (Linux) |
Platform: HP
Gaussian 03 Revision E.01:
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HP Alpha Tru64 5.1B
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HP Alpha Linux: Red Hat Linux 7.2, SuSE Linux 7.1
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HP PA-RISC 2: HP-UX 11
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600 MB hard disk space, 256 MB RAM
Gaussian is a program for computational chemistry. It uses electronic structure modeling to investigate chemical phenomena. It is available to faculty, staff and for classroom use. Home use is not allowed. It is available only for main campus. The right-to-use license is no charge. Faculty and staff will sign an End User Agreement which also contains a Confidentiality Agreement, which OIT will forward to Gaussian, Inc. IT support staff are able to deploy copies to student labs but are not authorized to make distribution to any other faculty/staff. Each faculty/staff user must obtain their own copy from OIT after signing their own agreement. Students in labs are authorized to use the software only for projects and assignments for courses in which they are currently enrolled. Each student must sign a departmental computing policies form to use the software. The media may be loaned out of OIT Customer Services (512 Baker Systems) for 3 working days for installation. Software is distributed in OIT Customer Services. CDROM only.
McAfee VirusScan (ver. 5.2):
System Requirements:
- HP-UX 11.0, 11i and 11iv2 for PA-RISC with latest patches.
- 10 MB hard disk space.
- 128 MB RAM.
This is a desktop program for detecting and removing computer viruses. It allows you to scan your hard drives, memory and diskettes to find viruses and repair infected files. This license was obtained by OIT. Available to faculty and staff for main and regional campus use and home use. This is a right-to-use license and software must be returned to your department or OIT and deleted from your computer when you leave OSU. This product is obtained via electronic download (see below). Licenses are owned by OSU. Department computer support persons may install on multiple machines; however, they must insure that users receiving a copy get a copy of the Mcafee License agreement and you provide OIT with the names of those to whom you have subdistributed.
This is a right-to-use license and software must be left with your department when you leave OSU. This product is distributed electronically via a limited-access FTP site maintained by McAfee at:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/
Click on "My Products" under Enterprise Downloads (see Note). This will take you to current downloads of all of these products. Look for Command Line Scanners.
Review a copy of the McAfee License Agreement before you download the software.
Note: Access to the McAfee Enterprise download pages requires a Grant Number. This download site is intended for use by department computing support staff. Please contact software@osu.edu or 614-688-HELP to register your department and obtain the Grant Number.
Oracle Database Software:
System Requirements:
- For systems requirements for this software please refer to the installation documentation on the Oracle media.
The Office of Information Technology has purchased a campuswide site
license for the following Oracle software modules:
* Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition
* Oracle Diagnostics Pack
* Oracle Tuning Pack
This is available to faculty, staff and students on main and regional campuses for administrative, teaching, research, or community service functions. Commercial use is prohibited. It may not be used on your home computer or for personal use. It is not available for use in the OSU Medical Center for non-medical functions such as patient management and billing. It is available to you while you are affiliated with OSU and must be left with your department or OIT when you leave OSU. You will order software CDs directly from an Oracle MetaLink web site. For authorization to access this site to order CDs you will need OSU's Oracle Customer Support Identifier (CSI). A file containing this number and additional instructions, the Oracle CSI file, can be downloaded from OSU Software Downloads.
RefWorks (current release):
System Requirements:
- Browser, Netscape 6.0 or later recommended.
- Word processor capable of saving documents in .rtf format.
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography. RefWorks is a web-based application and hence is available to users on Windows, Macintosh and Unix, etc. No downloading or installation is needed since you use your web browser to access this application from a server. RefWorks has been acquired through the efforts of The Ohio State University Libraries in conjunction with other OhioLink member schools. OIT site licensing provides some cost sharing in support of this campuswide license. This application is available to faculty, staff and students on the main and regional campuses. To access the RefWorks web-based application, proceed to the OSU Libraries Research Databases web site.
Platform: IBM AIX
Gaussian 03 Revision E.01:
System Requirements:
- IBM eServer pSeries (RS6000) Power 4 or Power 5 (64 bit).
- AIX 5.1 or later.
- 600 MB hard disk space, 256 MB RAM.
Gaussian is a program for computational chemistry. It uses electronic structure modeling to investigate chemical phenomena. It is available to faculty, staff and for classroom use. Home use is not allowed. It is available only for main campus. The right-to-use license is no charge. Faculty and staff will sign an End User Agreement which also contains a Confidentiality Agreement, which OIT will forward to Gaussian, Inc. IT support staff are able to deploy copies to student labs but are not authorized to make distribution to any other faculty/staff. Each faculty/staff user must obtain their own copy from OIT after signing their own agreement. Students in labs are authorized to use the software only for projects and assignments for courses in which they are currently enrolled. Each student must sign a departmental computing policies form to use the software. The media may be loaned out of OIT Customer Services (512 Baker Systems) for 3 working days for installation. Software is distributed in OIT Customer Services. CDROM only.
McAfee VirusScan (ver. 5.2):
System Requirements:
- AIX 5.2, and 5.3 for RS6000 with the latest patches installed.
- 10 MB hard disk space.
- 128 MB RAM.
This is a desktop program for detecting and removing computer viruses. It allows you to scan your hard drives, memory and diskettes to find viruses and repair infected files. This license was obtained by OIT. Available to faculty and staff for main and regional campus use and home use. This is a right-to-use license and software must be returned to your department or OIT and deleted from your computer when you leave OSU. This product is obtained via electronic download (see below). Licenses are owned by OSU. Department computer support persons may install on multiple machines; however, they must insure that users receiving a copy get a copy of the online license agreement and you provide OIT with the names of those to whom you have subdistributed.
This is a right-to-use license and software must be left with your department when you leave OSU. This product is distributed electronically via a limited-access FTP site maintained by McAfee at:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/
Click on "My Products" under Enterprise Downloads (see Note). This will take you to current downloads of all of these products. Look for Command Line Scanners.
Review a copy of the McAfee License Agreement before you download the software.
Note: Access to the McAfee Enterprise download pages requires a Grant Number. This download site is intended for use by department computing support staff. Please contact software@osu.edu or 614-688-HELP to register your department and obtain the Grant Number.
Oracle Database Software:
System Requirements:
- For systems requirements for this software please refer to the installation documentation on the Oracle media.
The Office of Information Technology has purchased a campuswide site
license for the following Oracle software modules:
* Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition
* Oracle Diagnostics Pack
* Oracle Tuning Pack
This is available to faculty, staff and students on main and regional campuses for administrative, teaching, research, or community service functions. Commercial use is prohibited. It may not be used on your home computer or for personal use. It is not available for use in the OSU Medical Center for non-medical functions such as patient management and billing. It is available to you while you are affiliated with OSU and must be left with your department or OIT when you leave OSU. You will order software CDs directly from an Oracle MetaLink web site. For authorization to access this site to order CDs you will need OSU's Oracle Customer Support Identifier (CSI). A file containing this number and additional instructions, the Oracle CSI file, can be downloaded from OSU Software Downloads.
RefWorks (current release):
System Requirements:
- Browser, Netscape 6.0 or later recommended.
- Word processor capable of saving documents in .rtf format.
Please see the description under the HP platform.
Platform: Miscellaneous Unix Systems/Linux
Cisco VPN Client (version 4.8) Linux:
System Requirements:
- PC or compatible.
- Red Hat Linux 6.2 or later, or compatible libraries with glibc version 2.1.1-6 or later, kernel version 2.2.12 or later.
- 64 MB RAM, 50 MB free disk space.
OSUnet VPN service is designed as a solution for faculty, staff and students to be able to have remote usage to the OSUnet network that is authenticated and secure. This authentication is accomplished by a "client" VPN program which communicates with a server located at OSU. Available to faculty, staff and students at main and regional campuses and on your home computer. It is for university-related business only and must be left with your department and removed from your home computer when you leave OSU. This is distributed electronically only. To receive a download click Software Downloads.
Gaussian 03 Revision E.01 (Linux, IRIX):
System Requirements:
- Intel IA 32: Pentium III or higher, AMD Athlon: SuSE Linux 9.3, 10.1-10.3; Red Hat. Enterprise Linux 4, Update 2, SuSE Linux Enterprise 10.
- AMD Opteron: SuSE Linux 9.x, 10.1-10.3; SuSE Linux Enterprise 10, RedHat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 3&4.
- Intel IA 64: HP/NEC/SGI: SuSE Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Advanced Server 4, Update 2.
- SGI R1x000 (64 bit): IRIX 6.5.4 or later.
- 600 MB hard disk space, 256 MB RAM.
- Source Code is also available.
Gaussian is a program for computational chemistry. It uses electronic structure modeling to investigate chemical phenomena. It is available to faculty, staff and for classroom use. Home use is not allowed. It is available only for main campus. The right-to-use license is no charge. Faculty and staff will sign an End User Agreement which also contains a Confidentiality Agreement, which OIT will forward to Gaussian, Inc. IT support staff are able to deploy copies to student labs but are not authorized to make distribution to any other faculty/staff. Each faculty/staff user must obtain their own copy from OIT after signing their own agreement. Students in labs are authorized to use the software only for projects and assignments for courses in which they are currently enrolled. Each student must sign a departmental computing policies form to use the software. The media may be loaned out of OIT Customer Services (512 Baker Systems) for 3 working days for installation. Software is distributed in OIT Customer Services. CDROM only.
Maple (version 11) Linux:
System Requirements:
- Pentium 650 Mhz or better; 64-bit: Opteron Athlon 64, Itanium II EM64T.
- 32-bit : RedHat
Enterprise 3.0/4.0; SuSe 9.2, 10.1, 10.2;
128 MB RAM, 650 MB hard disk, X11 R6. -
64-bit : RedHat Enterprise 3.0; SuSe
Enterprise 9.0,
256 MB RAM, 650 MB hard disk space, X11 R6.
A powerful and comprehensive symbolic algebra system used for engineering and mathematical instruction and research. Available to faculty and staff for use on computers on campus or in their homes for university-related business. Available to students who are employed as teaching or research assistants/associates for use on computers on campus only for university-related business. Software must be returned when leaving OSU. Maple contains extensive Help after installation. Software is available on a CD-exchange basis from Customer Services, 512 Baker Systems. You must provide a blank CD-R with white ink-jet printable label. Alternatively, faculty and staff may purchase the CD for $5 with a 100-W.
- Faculty/staff users can view and print the Maple License Agreement, fill it out and bring it to OIT Customer Services to obtain the software.
NOTE: There is a special web site for Maple license holders on the OIT license. It is MaplePrimes and provides access to new and innovative technology from Waterloo Maple. You should contact Customer Services at 8-help to validate your status as a license holder to receive an Authorization Code and then connect to MaplePrimes to set up your own account.
Additionally, you can access the Maple Application Center. This site offers a free online resource of technical solutions submitted by Maple users from around the world. When you link to this site, you also have access to the Maple Student Center for course help, Maple Power Tools which are add-on packages and The Maple Reporter which is published semiannually and covers new developments at Waterloo Maple, Inc.
MATLAB (7.6) Linux:
System Requirements:
- Linux 32-bit Kernel 2.4.x/2.6.x - glibc 2.3.6; 64-bit: AMD 64, Kernel 2.4.x/2.6.x - glibc 2.3.6 and above.
- 512 MB of RAM, 510 MB of free hard disk space.
- Linux: 32-bit: AMD Athlon, Intel Xeon/Core/Celeron or Pentium 4, X Windows X11R6.
- Linux 64-bit: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel EM64T
- See http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/unix.html for supported compilers.
MATLAB is a part of Mathworks R2008a and is an interactive environment for numeric computation that specializes in working with matrices. It combines a powerful user interface with 2-D and 3-D graphics and a comprehensive library of mathematical analysis techniques. The Standard Configuration for faculty and staff also includes Simulink (differential equation models, simulation, linear and nonlinear models, continuous and discrete models), and Toolboxes (Bioinformatics, Control System, Curve Fitting, Data Acquisition, Parallel Computing , Image Processing, Instrument Control, Optimization, Partial Differential Equations, Signal Processing, Signal Processing Blockset, Simscape, SimMechanics, Statistics, Stateflow ). The Student Configuration is the same except that is does not contain Parallel Computing Toolbox. Available to faculty and academic staff for teaching and research on OSU owned or controlled computers and campus computer labs. It is also available to faculty, academic staff and students for use on personally owned computers. Student use is limited to use in meeting classroom requirements and courses of study offered by OSU. Commercial use is prohibited. Additional toolboxes may be ordered. Please contact Tim Mathieu of The Mathworks at 508-647-7016, (tim.mathieu@mathworks.com) to inquire about quotations and orders for additional toolboxes. In this case The Mathworks will generate any additional license codes for add-on toolboxes (Child Licenses) for you to combine during installation with your Standard Configuration license codes. Media is distributed in Customer Services in 512 Baker Systems. A media set is $5, paid for with a 100-W. Alternatively, faculty and staff may exchange 1 blank DVD-R with white ink-jet printable label. Students must exchange 1 blank DVD-R with white printable label. The bookstore in Central Classrooms, 2009 Millikin Rd., stocks acceptable media for exchange.
The MATLAB End User License Agreement must be signed by each user obtaining a copy of MATLAB. To facilitate this process, you can click on the link above and display the license as a .PDF file which you can print, fill out and bring to Customer Services.
The MATLAB TAH Install Guide provides details on how to install additional toolbox licenses NOT in the OSU Standard Configuration along with the TAH license for the Standard OSU license configuration. If you are purchasing additional toolboxes not in the Standard OSU configuration, you may want to read this guide.
Mathematica Student Edition (version 5.2):
System Requirements:
- PC with a Pentium II processor or equivalent.
- RedHat Linux 9.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, SuSE Professional 9.1 or equivalent or later.
- 128 MB of RAM, 550 MB of hard disk space.
- Netscape Navigator 7.1 or other Linux-compatible browser.
This is a technical computing system used by science, industry and academia. It combines high-precision numeric and symbolic computation with data visualization and programming capabilities. This license was obtained by the College of Math and Physical Sciences. This version available via electronic download through OIT is "Mathematica for Students" and is licensed to currently enrolled students only. It is for use only on student-owned computers for instruction and research activities. The software is licensed annually at no charge currently. The license runs from September to September of each year. It is available electronically only. To receive a download and receive instructions to license Mathematica for Students, click Software Downloads.
McAfee VirusScan (ver. 5.2):
System Requirements:
- Linux for Intel 32-bit distributions with kernel version 2.4 and 2.6, lib6, gcc versions 3.2 and later and libstdc++.so.5.
- Linux for Intel 64-bit distributions with kernel version 2.6 and libstdc++.so.6.
- 10 MB hard disk space.
- 128 MB RAM.
This is a desktop program for detecting and removing computer viruses. It allows you to scan your hard drives, memory and diskettes to find viruses and repair infected files. This license was obtained by OIT. Available to faculty and staff for main and regional campus use and home use. This is a right-to-use license and software must be returned to your department or OIT and deleted from your computer when you leave OSU. This product is obtained via electronic download (see below). Licenses are owned by OSU. Department computer support persons may install on multiple machines; however, they must insure that users receiving a copy get a copy of the McAfee License agreement and you provide OIT with the names of those to whom you have subdistributed.
This is a right-to-use license and software must be left with your department when you leave OSU. This product is distributed electronically via a limited-access FTP site maintained by McAfee at:
http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/
Click on "My Products" under Enterprise Downloads (see Note). This will take you to current downloads of all of these products. Look for Command Line Scanners.
Review a copy of the McAfee License Agreement before you download the software.
Note: Access to the McAfee Enterprise download pages requires a Grant Number. This download site is intended for use by department computing support staff. Please contact software@osu.edu or 614-688-HELP to register your department and obtain the Grant Number.
Oracle Database Software (Linux, zOS):
System Requirements:
- For systems requirements for this software please refer to the installation documentation on the Oracle media.
The Office of Information Technology has purchased a campuswide site
license for the following Oracle software modules:
* Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition
* Oracle Diagnostics Pack
* Oracle Tuning Pack
This is available to faculty, staff and students on main and regional campuses for administrative, teaching, research, or community service functions. Commercial use is prohibited. It may not be used on your home computer or for personal use. It is not available for use in the OSU Medical Center for non-medical functions such as patient management and billing. It is available to you while you are affiliated with OSU and must be left with your department or OIT when you leave OSU. You will order software CDs directly from an Oracle MetaLink web site. For authorization to access this site to order CDs you will need OSU's Oracle Customer Support Identifier (CSI). A file containing this number and additional instructions, the Oracle CSI file, can be downloaded from OSU Software Downloads.
RefWorks (current release): Unix systems, Linux:
System Requirements:
- Browser, Netscape 6.0 or later recommended.
- Word processor capable of saving documents in .rtf format.
Please see the description under the HP platform.
SAS (Version 9.1.3): Linux:
System Requirements:
- Pentium II or above.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 with SP 1.
- 64 MB RAM; 8 MB additional each concurrent user.
- 1.3 GB hard disk space for the entire system and all optional files.
- Netscape Communicator Rel. 6.2.3 or higher.
The following products are included: Base, AF, ASSIST, CONNECT, EIS, ETS, FSP, GIS, GRAPH, IML, INSIGHT, OR, LAB, QC, SECURE, SHARE, SPECTRAVIEW, STAT, ACCESS Interface to: ORACLE, SYBASE, DB2, MySQL and INFORMIX databases. The right to use license may be purchased at OIT Customer Services (512 Baker Systems) with a 100-W. The server version is available to faculty and staff for use on OSU owned machines located on campus for academic instruction, research and administrative use OR for administrative use and must be returned when you leave OSU. You must state your intended use. SAS Server is available on a per-processor basis. A CPU processor is a single integrated circuit on the motherboard with one or more cores. So, a dual core CPU counts as one CPU. The cost per CPU processor is $343. This software is renewable annually each August for a fee. The software is provided on CD-ROM which may be borrowed for three working days from Customer Services. If you are updating to this new version and have already paid for the current year, you will need only to provide identification at Customer Services to borrow the software.
Note: Documentation may be viewed and printed by linking to http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/index.html
View the license agreement for teaching and research use. View the license agreement for administrative use.
STATA (version 10) Linux:
System Requirements:
- PC with Pentium class processor.
- Only 32-bit version offered on Grad Plan.
- X Windows.
- 512 MB of RAM; 80 MB free hard disk space.
STATA is an environment for manipulating and analyzing data using statistical and graphical methods. It is an integrated package, not a collection of separate modules. This is available as part of the STATA Corp. Grad Plan, originally administered by the Statistics dept. OIT is now distributing this at their request. Available to faculty, staff, and students on main and regional campuses and on home computers. If you purchase with your own funds you own the software license. Licenses purchased with OSU funds remain with OSU. To purchase, call 800-782-8272 or go to the STATA site. Once you have ordered the software, your order should normally be available for pickup in OIT Customer Services in 512 Baker Systems the next business day. The software comes boxed from STATA Corp. All materials you have ordered are in the distribution.
The STATA End User
License Agreement must be signed by each user obtaining a copy
of STATA. To facilitate this process, you can click on the link above
and display the license as a .PDF file which you can print, fill out
and bring to Customer Services.
CONTACT: For questions concerning this web page, please contact software@osu.edu or 614-688-HELP.

