Jimmy, It is already in SL. It may not be the latest as R updates very frequently. -connie sieh On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Jimmy Cullen wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I suggest R ( http://www.r-project.org/ ) may be be useful to many al= > so. > > Jimmy > > 2009/9/29 Alexandre Pereira <[log in to unmask]> >> >> Hi Greg >> >> Being an Engineer, possible name for engineering packages would be = > Engineering or Physics, I would like to see Calculix/Calculix Graphix= > (http://www.calculix.de/), OpenFOAM (http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfo= > am/), BRLCAD (http://brlcad.org/d/) , Dakota (http://www.cs.sandia.go= > v/dakota/), Code Saturne, Syrthes, Salome Platform,=A0(http://researc= > h.edf.com/the-edf-offers/research-and-development/softwares-107001.ht= > ml) Scilab, Octave/QtOctave/Octave Forge, Paraview (http://www.paravi= > ew.org/,9 =A0GMSH (http://www.geuz.org/gmsh/), Netgen, Code Aster (ht= > tp://www.code-aster.org/V2/spip.php?rubrique1), ....with these packag= > es I guess a great deal of mechanical/civil=A0structural engineering = > work can be done... >> >> And the name "Scientific Linux" would be fully justiified...=A0 :-) >> >> BRGDS >> >> Alex >> >> 2009/9/29 Markus Neteler <[log in to unmask]> >>> >>> Hi Greg, >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 06:04, Greg Kurtzer <[log in to unmask]> = > wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I am working already to create a repository of scientific packag= > es to >>>> integrate with SL. If there are special requests (or better yet, >>>> people that wish to help with packaging and maintenance), please= > let >>>> me know. >>>> >>>> We have some packages already in SCM (autobuilder hasn't been >>>> configured to build these yet), but it will still a bit before w= > e can >>>> get these released (again, nudging for some volunteers with scie= > ntific >>>> app and RPM experience (or wanting to learn)). >>>> >>>> http://www.infiscale.org/scire/ >>> >>> it would be great to get GRASS GIS (requires GDAL and PROJ4) packa= > ged >>> for ScientificLinux: >>> http://grass.osgeo.org/ >>> >>> In our community we receive often such request. I can help of cour= > se if needed. >>> >>> Packaging notes are available at: >>> http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Compile_and_Install >>> >>> Section would be "Geo". >>> >>> Best >>> Markus >>> >>> -- >>> Markus Neteler >>> Foundation Edmund Mach (FEM) - Research and Innovation Centre >>> Environment and Natural Resources Area >>> Head of GIS and Remote Sensing Unit, Trento, Italy >>> Web: =A0http://gis.fem-environment.eu/ >>> Email: neteler AT cealp.it >>> Book: http://www.grassbook.org/ >> >