.. _HPCBIOS_06-19:

HPCBIOS_06-19: Common Set of Open Source Utilities
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.. note::
  Sites will provide a core set of open source utilities on all
  allocated HPC systems and non-storage user-accessible support servers.
  These should be installed in the users' default path or, provided via modulefiles.

  * BC Project HPCBIOS_06–19
  * Date of Policy: 2012-12-15

The current core set of open source utilities is:

+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Autoconf (GNU)** | Produces shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.                                                           |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Automake (GNU)** | Generates makefile.in files from makefile.am input files. These ini files are compliant with the GNU coding standards and build process.   |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Bison (GNU)**    | Converts a grammar description into a C program to parse that grammar.                                                                     |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| cvs (GNU)          | Provides a version control system for managing source files, and documents.                                                                |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Subversion**     | Provides a version control system for managing files and directories                                                                       |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **Tar (GNU)**      | Creates tar archives, as well as providing various other kinds of manipulation.                                                            |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **gzip (GNU)**     | Is a data compression utility.                                                                                                             |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| **bzip2**          | Block-sorting data compression/uncompression utilities. Command line options are deliberately similar to those of gzip.                    |
+--------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Other software utilities can be incorporated into this core set with Baseline Configuration team consensus.

Kindly notify -if this policy is inadequate for your work-
both your local site technical representative & HPCBIOS maintainers.