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= Running commercial software = <!--T:67--> | = Running commercial software = <!--T:67--> | ||
May I use commercial software on Niagara? | |||
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* | * Possibly, but you have to bring your own license for it. You can connect to an external license server using [[SSH_Tunneling | ssh tunneling]]. | ||
* SciNet and Compute Canada have an extremely large and broad user base of thousands of users, so we cannot provide licenses for everyone's favorite software. | * SciNet and Compute Canada have an extremely large and broad user base of thousands of users, so we cannot provide licenses for everyone's favorite software. | ||
* Thus, the only commercial software installed on Niagara is software that can benefit everyone: compilers, math libraries and debuggers. | * Thus, the only commercial software installed on Niagara is software that can benefit everyone: compilers, math libraries and debuggers. | ||
* That means no | * That means no [[MATLAB]], Gaussian, IDL, | ||
* Open source alternatives like Octave, Python, R are available. | * Open source alternatives like Octave, [[Python]], and [[R]] are available. | ||
* We are happy to help you to install commercial software for which you have a license. | * We are happy to help you to install commercial software for which you have a license. | ||
* In some cases, if you have a license, you can use software in the Compute Canada stack. | * In some cases, if you have a license, you can use software in the Compute Canada stack. | ||
The list of commercial software which is installed on Niagara, for which you will need a license to use, can be found on the [[Commercial_software | commercial software page]]. | |||
= Compiling on Niagara: Example = <!--T:69--> | = Compiling on Niagara: Example = <!--T:69--> | ||