UBC Physics & Astronomy Theory/Numerical Relativity, Software and Related

UBC Numerical Relativity: Software and Related

Important information concerning the May 2012 migration of the repository from vnfe4 to bh1 (HTML)
Using cvs@bh1.phas.ubc.ca (HTML)
Aaryn Tonita's excellent brief guide to using cvs (HTML)

DV
- DV Tutorial (HTML)
- Generating MPEG animations using DV (HTML)
- Installation instructions for RNPL/DV/xvs (HTML)
- If you encounter problems building DV that seem to be related to xforms, try installing xforms from source using this script (or some variant of it modified for your distro - feel free to contact Matt if you need assistance)
GLUT: Introduction (PS) and Specifications (PS)
Intel Compilers and Other Software 12.1 (bh0)

Maple
- Maple 16 is installed on bh0.
- Maple 12 (including GRTensor II) is installed on the other bh machines.
- To use GRTensor II on the bh machines, insert THIS into your ~/.mapleinit file, then type grtw(); at the Maple prompt.
mpeg_encode (bh machines only): Utility to generate MPEG files from image files (JPEG etc.)
MPI
- A Message-Passing Interface Standard (PS)
- On-line tutorial MPI material (HTML)
- MPICH User's Guide (PS)
NCAR Graphics
- Online documentation.
- See /usr/local/lib/ncarg/examples for examples.
NETCDF User's Guide (PS)
Open GL Programmer's Guide (PS) and Open GL Reference Manual (PS)
PAMR
- Adaptive Mesh Refinement Driver Reference Manual (PS) | (PDF)]
- PAMR Reference Manual (PS) | (PDF)
- Compiling and running wave example on orcinus.westgrid.ca (HTML)
- Compiling PAMR and running wave example on orcinus.westgrid.ca (HTML)
- Environment setup for use of PAMR (and other parallel apps). on various machines (including Westgrid, Scinet) (TEXT)
PLTMG
- User's Guide (PDF)
- Quick Reference (HTML)
- Software
  - pltmg_9.0.tar.gz
  - Browse FTP directory
Prosper Latex Style Package (currently available on bh machines only)
- Package tour (PS | PDF | Latex source)
- Package documentation (PS | PDF | Latex source)
- See /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/misc/prosper/doc/doc-examples on any of the bh machines for examples.
RNPL

SSH: Secure Shell (OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0)
- Notes on setting up ssh so that you aren't prompted for a password.
SECURITY POLICY: PLEASE READ IT AND ABIDE BY IT!!
Supermongo (sm) (PS)
system

If you encounter problems building/running DV and/or xvs using a packaged version of xforms available via your particular distribution of Linux, try installing it from source using this script (or some variant of it modified for your distro - feel free to contact Matt if you need assistance)

xvs
- Documentation (HTML)
- Pocket Guide (HTML)
- Installation instructions for RNPL/DV/xvs (HTML)
- If you encounter problems building xvs that seem to be related to xforms, try installing xforms from source using this script (or some variant of it modified for your distro - feel free to contact Matt if you need assistance)

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