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List of scientific/engineering packages

Mathematics

Package Name Description Link
kpolynome KPolynome is a program to calculate mathematical polynomes based on given data coordinates.
R R is a software environment for statistical computing and graphics http://www.r-project.org
octave Octave is a Matlab-Clone http://www.octave.org
scigraphica Scientific application for data analysis and technical graphics http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net
calc Calc is an arbitrary precision C-like arithmetic system that is a calculator, an algorithm-prototyper, and a mathematical research tool. http://isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/
blitz Blitz++ is a C++ class library for matrix scientific computing http://www.oonumerics.org/blitz


Mechanical engineering

Package Name Description Link
Qcad QCad is an application for computer aided drafting in two dimensions (2d) http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html
FreeFEM FreeFem++ is an implementation of a language dedicated to the finite element method. It enables you to solve Partial Differential Equations (PDE) easily. http://www.freefem.org/ff++/index.htm
Scilab Scilab is a non-Free numerical computational package developed by INRIA and ENPC in France. As Scilab is not Free Software, it cannot be included in Fedora. http://www.scilab.org/

Electrical engineering

Package Name Description Link
The Geda Suite The complete suite for Electrical schematic and simulation -
geda-docs
geda-examples
geda-gattrib
geda-gnetlist
geda-gschem
geda-gsymcheck
geda-symbols
geda-utils
Documentation for gEDA
Circuit examples for gEDA
Attribute editor for gEDA
Netlister for the gEDA project
Electronics schematics editor
Symbol checker for electronics schematics editor
A bunch of symbols of electronic devices used by gschem.
Utilities for gEDA
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gresistor To allow for identification, resistors are usually marked with colored bands. Often refereed to as color codes, these markings are indicative of their resistance, tolerance and temperature coefficient. -
gnucap GNU Circuit Analysis Package -
ktechlab Development and simulation of microcontrollers and electronic circuits -
Ngspice A mixed level/signal circuit simulator -
pcb PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X window system. -
toped IC Layout Editor -
xcircuit Xcircuit is a general-purpose drawing program and also a specific-purpose CAD program for circuit schematic drawing and schematic capture. -
qucs Qucs is a circuit simulator with graphical user interface. The software aims to support all kinds of circuit simulation types, e.g. DC, AC, S-parameter and harmonic balance analysis. http://qucs.sourceforge.net/
freehdl A project to develop a free, open source, GPL'ed VHDL simulator for Linux. http://www.freehdl.seul.org/


Chemistry

Package Name Description Link
GChemistry Gnome Chemistry Utils incl. periodic table of the elements, molecular structure viewer and chemical calculator http://www.nongnu.org/gchemutils/
inchi The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier library http://www.iupac.org/inchi/
openbabel Chemistry software file format converter http://openbabel.sourceforge.net/
xdrawchem 2D chemical structures drawing tool http://xdrawchem.sourceforge.net/


Astronomy

Package Name Description Link
sextractor A program that builds a catalogue of objects from an astronomical image. http://terapix.iap.fr/rubrique.php?id_rubrique=91/
wcstools Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image. http://tdc-www.harvard.edu/software/wcstools/
stellarium Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. http://www.stellarium.org/
funtools Minimal FITS library and utilities http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/funtools/
qfits A stand-alone general purpose FITS library http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/qfits/
cpl ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction http://www.eso.org/sci/data-processing/software/cpl/


Biology

Package Name Description Link
elph Tool to find motifs in a set of DNA or protein sequences http://www.cbcb.umd.edu/software/ELPH/
glimmer System for finding genes in microbial DNA http://www.cbcb.umd.edu/software/glimmer
hmmer Profile HMM software for protein sequence analysis http://hmmer.wustl.edu
lagan Local, global, and multiple alignment of DNA sequences http://lagan.stanford.edu
perl-bioperl A collection of tools for bioinformatics in Perl http://www.bioperl.org/
perl-biopython A collection of tools for bioinformatics in Python http://www.biopython.org/
seaview Graphical multiple sequence alignment editor http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/software/seaview.html
SIBsim4 Align expressed RNA sequences on a DNA template http://sibsim4.sourceforge.net