Tufts EECS Systems Information

Linux Lab Software

All of  our Linux lab systems in rooms JCC 074, 235, and 240 are imaged with Red Hat Enterprise 8 Workstation as an OS. They have a full complement of open source development and productivity software mapped to them.

If you use a graduate student desktop and would like your system updated with the latest software please send email to staff@eecs.tufts.edu and we will arrange to have your computer re-imaged.

Commercial Software on Linux

There exist some commercial third party software applications that run on the Linux platform. Because they use a GUI, it is necessary to have some kind of an X server running on your local system. This can be accomplished by either:

  1. Working on the console at one of the Linux systems in labs 074, 235, or 240.
  2. Configuring your local system to work with a remote display:

All of the following assume you have done one of the above methods and have already connected to an appropriate computer.

Cadence

Please note that these instructions start a bare bones instance of cadence. They do not provide information on using specific libraries or other customization for classes or research. Please see one of the professors in ECE for information on using cadence for specific projects. To run cadence on Linux:

  1.  You’ll need to be on a RHEL 7 machine such as dell27.   For example: ssh -X dell27

    • The -X is necessary to enable GUIs. If you’re having issues with GUIs, try using -Y instead.
  2. Run the setup script: source /usr/cots/cadence/7.x/local/cadence.csh

Agilent ADS

Running Agilent ADS 2008 utilizes the “use” command for configuring the environment necessary to use ADS.

  1. If using Linux NOT in the lab, ssh into one of our available servers. For example: ssh -X dell27
    • The -X is necessary to enable GUIs. If you’re having issues with GUIs, try using -Y instead.
  2. Run the “use” script to configure the environment: use ads2008
  3. Launch the software by simply typing its name and pressing Enter: ads

Matlab (Latest)

Matlab is available on linux and no setup is required beyond the basic user environment.

  1. If using Linux NOT in the lab, ssh into one of our available servers. For example: ssh -X dell27
    • The -X is necessary to enable GUIs. If you’re having issues with GUIs, try using -Y instead.
  2. Run the “use” script to configure the environment: use matlab
  3. Launch the software by simply typing its name and pressing Enter: matlab

Matlab (Alt. Versions)

If you would like to run an alternative (older) version of Matlab, it’s exactly the same process as above, but change your use matlab to use matlab[version]

Note: This “use” method is not setup for versions 2012a and older. You will have to run Matlab manually.

To see which versions are available, cd to /usr/cots/mathworks