Desktops – IPPP (Fedora)

All IPPP desktops should contain the same software, if you find that a desktop differs to the rest then please get in touch.

Desktops are no longer in the SLURM batch system. You can however now submit from a desktop.

Standard Packages

Our desktops have a large suite of software available:

• Fedora Linux
• Gnome Desktop Environment (Wayland)
• Libre Office
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Thunderbrid
• Evolution (Including Exchange Web Services)
• Microsoft Teams (Limited)
• Mathematica
• Maple
• Slurm (local Batch)
• ZSH
• TCSH
• FISH
• Julia
• Latex and TexLive
• OneDrive for Linux

Compilers and Development Packages

We also provide the following software development packages:

• GCC
• Python 3
• R
• Fortran
• Ruby
• Perl
• Git
• SVN
• Mercurial
• iPython

Request-able Packages

We also have the following upon request (some due to licensing restrictions):

• Pulsar (Atom replacement)
• Microsoft Visual Studio Code
• Zoom

If you require any software not listed then don’t hesitate to contact us.

HEP Software

There is a small community maintained (IPPP power-users) set of various HEP Software packages located in /mt/hepsw/<os><ver>/<arch>/ eg /mt/hepsw/el9/x86_64/

This is a sample list (EL9, x86_64):

• FastJet
• GiBUU
• QCDLoop
• Rivet
• Sherpa
• YODA

Anti-Virus Scanning

We periodically scan your file storage allocation for viruses. Please see the storage pages relevant to the systems you use for details.