External Resources

Local Documentation Website Link Description
Bash Man Page
Bash Reference
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html Unix Shell or Command Language Interpreter
Berkeley DB http://www.sleepycat.com/docs/index.html Berkeley DB is an open source embedded database library that provides scalable, high-performance, transaction-protected data management services to applications. Berkeley DB provides a simple function-call API for data access and management.
cURL http://curl.haxx.se/docs Curl is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax
FreeType http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/documentation.html A software font engine
GCC and related compilers http://gcc.gnu.org Online reference for GCC
GCC FAQ http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/faq.html Online FAQ for GCC
GD http://www.boutell.com/gd/manual2.0.28.html A graphics library for fast image creation
GRACE http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/ WYSIWYG tool to make two-dimensional plots of scientific data
GV http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/
~plass/gv/
Postscript File Viewer.
ImageMagick http://savage.net.au/ImageMagick.html Image Editing tool
Java Online Tutorial http://www.java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html Java Tutorial by Sun Microsystems
JDK http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.2.2_017/ Java Development Kit from Sun Microsystems
Documentation
User Guide
JSSE FAQ
http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/index-102.html Java Secure Socket Extension
Latex http://www.tug.org/tetex  
Latex2Html   LaTex Translator
PGP http://www.pgpi.org/doc/ PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a public key encryption program
Pgplot   The PGPLOT Graphics Subroutine Library is a device independent graphics package for making simple scientific graphs
Python http://www.python.org/doc/ Python Language
SSH http://www.ssh.com/support/documentation/online/ssh/winhelp/32/ Secure Shell (Secure Terminal Client) for Windows
Xfig http://www.xfig.org/userman/ A menu-driven tool that allows the user to draw and manipulate objects interactively in an X window
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