Category Archives: Software

Software updates for managed Windows computers

Windows computers in the Department have their installed software managed by WPKG. Software that has been recently added to the list of available packages includes: WinDirStat – a free utility for producing a folder-by-folder report of disk usage MarcEdit – … Continue reading

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New software for managed Linux workstations

Mathematica 10.4, Intel compilers 2016 Update 2, and Portland compiler suite 16.1 are now available on managed Linux workstations running Ubuntu 14.04. The compilers are also available on local compute clusters.

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Microsoft Office available across the University

The University now has a University-wide license for a number of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Office. Departmentally-owned computers are eligible for Office 2016 Professional, and this can be installed on managed Department computers via WPKG (Windows computers) or Munki (Mac … Continue reading

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Intel 2016 compilers available

No you didn’t read that wrong, and the year is still 2015 as I write this. Intel have released a new major version of their Fortran and C/C++ compiler software, called Composer XE 2016. It will become available on managed … Continue reading

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Cambridge Structural Database on the Managed Cluster Service

The Cambridge Structural Database System (provided by the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre) is now available for use across the University via the Managed Cluster Service, including MCS rooms in the Colleges. Anyone using a Departmentally-managed computer can already access the … Continue reading

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MATLAB 2015A

MATLAB 2015A is now available for installation on our managed Windows workstations. Please email support@ch.cam.ac.uk if you would like it installing. Unfortunately the sheer size of the package means it’s not possible to simply install this one from our web … Continue reading

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ChemBioDraw 14

ChemBioDraw Ultra 14 is now available to members of the University. Instructions for downloading, installing and activating the software can be found on our site. If you use one of one of the managed windows workstations, you should be able … Continue reading

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MATLAB2014b and locale on Ubuntu

This week we were trying to make the new MATLAB R2014b package available on the managed Linux workstations. The new version persistently produced an error message about locales when run on my test machine. However it worked fine on another … Continue reading

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Keep your systems up to date!

A timely warning from the University Information Service: Various high profile data security exploits have made the news recently. Please apply all available software updates and patches (for the operating system and all installed apps) to your devices: desktop computers, … Continue reading

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Knime 2.10 available

We now have a package for Knime 2.10.1 available for installation on managed Windows workstations. It is distributed through our normal software distribution system, and users can request installation via the software management web interface.

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