Scientific Computing Library

[predragp]

Dear Autonians,

Some of you were asking me about GCC-5.*, Python 3.5, latest Git 2.8.1 
and similar software. I just added
springdale-SCL repo

http://puias.princeton.edu/data/puias/SCL/7-2.1/x86_64/

and started adding some of above software. The software is located in

/opt/rh/

for gcc look at

/opt/rh/devtoolset-4/root/usr/bin


You will have to specify full path in your profile and in your Makefiles 
to use these things. It looks like I will have to compile latest git 
from the source but that is not a big deal and I am already running it 
on my machine.


I am also fully aware that MATLAB 2016a is released. I installed on my 
desktop today and I am using it right now (all 11GB of binaries which 
require 8GB of RAM just to start). I will need to create headless 
installation package before I can start replacing our current MATLAB on 
computing nodes. I will try to do in a minimally disruptive way.


Best,
PRedrag