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Semi-retiring: All (ok, some) packages must go!



   Hi folks,
   I am not really retiring, but I need several debian-free months
for real life.  I closed every bug last summer; but they keep appearing,
and there is always new policy  and improvments etc. 
    If someone wants to do a decent to great job on any package, please
let me know.  I can only afford to do a decent job on a couple of them.
   I can help people out with questions, if they need it.  Here are the
packages and a little commentary.

  *** This one is fairly popular
Package: pgplot
Installed-Size: 4677
Architecture: i386
Version: 5.2-6
Depends: libc6, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5)
Size: 3678910
Description: large subroutine library for plotting scientific data.
 Many routines are included in pgplot for viewing scientific data. Many
 (about 70) output devices are supported.  2-D , 3-D , contour, image manipulation,
 etc. are well supported. Interactive routines are included. Both a C and a FORTRAN
 library are present. See http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/ for more information.
 
   *** porting issues
Package: m2c
Installed-Size: 413
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.6-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Size: 155640
Description: Modula-2 translator (compiler)
 m2c is a Modula-2 translator. The translator is
 based on the language report in the 4th edition
 of Wirth's book Programming in Modula-2.
 The translator also supports the third edition of
 Wirth's book. High portability of the translator
 is achieved by intermediate translation into C.
 The translator is aimed to be used on Unixes of
 different flavors.                  

   *** easy
Package: drawmap
Installed-Size: 99
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.7-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Size: 47156
Description: draw customized maps, using raw USGS data files
 Drawmap reads data in the Digital Elevation Model (DEM),
 Digital Line Graph (DLG), and Geographic Names Information
 System (GNIS) formats.
 Using the data in these files, drawmap can produce various
 kinds  of  customized  maps,  including shaded relief maps
 (with or without roads, streams, place names, and  so  on)
 and  topographic  maps  (again, with or without additional
 features).
                               
Package: tochnog-doc

  *** This was a pile of fortran routines.  I organized a
   directory hierarchy and a makefile for debian-compliant
   libraries.  It is a standard numerical library. It should
   be easy.  Just takes a while to build.
Package: slatec
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 3786
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 4.1-2
Depends: libc6
Size: 1610706
Description: numerical computation library
 This is an untested release !
 slatec is a fortran library of over 1400 routines
 for numerical tasks.  Some of the subjects covered
 are: Arithmetic, error analysis, Elementary
 and special functions, Linear Algebra, Interpolation,
 Solution of nonlinear equations, Optimization,
 Differentiation, integration, Differential and
 integral equations, Integral transforms, Statistics,
 probability, and Data handling.

Package: sipp
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 3.1-2
Depends: libc6
Size: 45538
Description: create and render 3-d scenes
 This is SIPP, the SImple Polygon Processor, version 3.1.  SIPP is a
 library for creating 3-dimensional scenes and rendering them using a
 scan-line z-buffer algorithm.  A scene is built up of objects which
 can be transformed with rotation, translation and scaling.  The
 objects form hierarchies where each object can have arbitrarily many
 subobjects and subsurfaces.  A surface is a number of connected
 polygons which are rendered with either Phong, Gouraud or flat
 shading.  An image can also be rendered as a line drawing of the
 polygon edges without any shading at all.
 .
 The library supports texture mapping with textures in up to
 3-dimensions and automatic interpolation of texture coordinates.
 Simple anti-aliasing can be performed through oversampling.  A scene
 can be illuminated by an arbitrary number of light sources and a
 number of different lightsources are availiable.  The light from some
 of them are capable of casting shadows of objects.  A basic shading
 algorithm is provided with the library, but the user can also use his
 own shading algorithms for each surface to produce special effects.
 Objects can have varying degree of transparency, controlled by the
 shader.              

   *** I did this as part of an attempt to get science peopl
   here to switch from RH to debian. Didn't work. They keep
   replacing debian with RH, instead. Although Debian has more numerical
   libraries and science tools.  go figure...
Package: dstool
Installed-Size: 2558
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.0-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), tcl8.0 (>= 8.0.4), xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1), xviewg (>= 3.2p1.4-1)
Recommends: dstool-doc
Suggests: geomview
Size: 834638
Description: dynamical systems investigation
 dstool is a tool for the investigation of
 dynamical systems. It is an efficient research tool
 that integrates a friendly graphical user
 interface, data management capabilities,
 a rich set of numerical algorithms together
 with the  flexibility to add more algorithms
 and communicate data with other programs.
                                  

   *** I wrote this a couple of years ago.  The code is a mess,
   but it was pretty stable.  It is getting out of sync with
   fvwm, but I don't know how much, since I don't use fvwm any 
   longer.  The code is a mess, but I can help interpret if
   someone wants to get it in shape for the latest fvwm.
Package: fvwmconf
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 411
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.19-5
Depends: perl-tk, fvwm2 (<< 2.2) | fvwm (>= 2.2)
Recommends: imagemagick | netpbm, imagemagick | xv
Size: 91110
Description: Real-time interactive configuration of fvwm2.
 Fvwmconf works only with fvwm2 (which is called fvwm
 in Debian 2.2 and later).
 This package allows users to interactively configure the
 window manager fvwm2. It requires fvwm2, perl, perltk.
 Colors, fonts, images, etc., can be browsed and applied
 to decorations drawn on application windows.

  *** big package.  The building is quite a mess. The upstream people
   want to clean it up, but I don't know when.                                                      
Package: geomview
Priority: optional
Section: math
Installed-Size: 11124
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.6.1.9-8
Depends: lesstifg (>= 1:0.85.2), libc6 (>= 2.1), libjpeg62, libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1, libtiff3g, tcl8.0 (>= 8.0.4), tk8.0 (>= 8.0.3) | tkstep8.0, xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
Recommends: mesag3 (>= 3.0)
Size: 3974106
Description: interactive geometry viewing program
 Geomview is interactive geometry software which is
 particularly appropriate for mathematics research and education.
 In particular, geomview can display things in hyperbolic and
 spherical space as well as Euclidean space.
 .
 Some modules which rely on the libforms library have been removed.
 .
 Geomview allows multiple independently controllable objects and
 cameras.  It provides interactive control for motion, appearances
 (including lighting, shading, and materials), picking on an
 object, edge or vertex level, snapshots in SGI image file or
 Renderman RIB format, and adding or deleting objects is provided
 through direct mouse manipulation, control panels, and keyboard
 shortcuts.  External programs can drive desired aspects of the
 viewer (such as continually loading changing geometry or
 controlling the motion of certain objects) while allowing
 interactive control of everything else.
 Homepage: http://www.geom.umn.edu/software/geomview/geomview.html
                               
Package: openc++
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 3212
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.5.3-3
Depends: libc6, libc6 (>= 2.0.7u), libgc4 (>= 4.12-4.13alpha1-1), libstdc++2.9, g++
Size: 1018680
Description: extensible C++ compiler
 OpenC++ is a tool for source-code translation for C++.
 Programmers can easily implement various kinds of
 translation so that they can define new syntax,
 new annotation, and new object behavior.
 Web Page: http://www.softlab.is.tsukuba.ac.jp/~chiba/

  *** a little complicated--- science packages tend to have
  obscene building procedures.
Package: dstooltk
Installed-Size: 2184
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.0-3
Depends: libc6, libjpeg62, libtiff3g, tcl8.0 (>= 8.0.4), tk8.0 (>= 8.0.3) | tkstep8.0, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
Recommends: dstooltk-doc, geomview
Suggests: dstool-doc, dstool
Size: 400074
Description: dynamical systems investigation; tk version
 dstool with a tk front end.
 dstool is a tool for the investigation of
 dynamical systems. It is an efficient research tool
 that integrates a friendly graphical user
 interface, data management capabilities,
 a rich set of numerical algorithms together
 with the  flexibility to add more algorithms
 and communicate data with other programs.
                                                            
  *** pretty easy, big and takes a long time to compile
  (1 hr on  ~ pentium 300)
Package: cln-dev
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 4122
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Source: cln
Version: 0.98-7.1
Depends: g++, cln (>= 0.98-6)
Size: 797314
Description: Development library for Class Library for Numbers (c++)
 cln-dev contains documents and the development library for
 cln.

   *** not a great piece of software.                              
Package: xmap8
Installed-Size: 1385
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.0-1
Depends: libc6, netcdfg3 (>= 3.4-1), xlib6g (>= 3.3-5)
Size: 427920
Description: 3d GIS mapping and data manupulation tool
 Xmap8 is an all purpose, three-dimensional, GIS mapping
 and data  exploration  tool.          

   *** really simple to build and use.  I am not sure who
  uses it.
Package: xbs
Priority: optional
Section: math
Installed-Size: 333
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0-1
Depends: libc6, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5)
Size: 106566
Description: 3-d models and movies of molecules
 xbs ball-and-sticks plotting program can create still
 and moving three dimensional models of molecules. X11 and
 PostScript output are available.  Models can be rotated,
 scaled, etc.  Various labeling, shading, lighting,
 coloring options are available.   

Package: aribas
Installed-Size: 298
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.14-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Size: 157736
Description: interpreter for arithmetic
 ARIBAS is an interactive Interpreter suitable for big integer
 arithmetic and multiprecision floating point arithmetic.
 It has a syntax similar to Pascal or Modula-2, but contains also
 features from other programming languages like C, Lisp, Oberon.
 Aribas home page:
 http://www.mathematik.uni-muenchen.de/~forster/sw/aribas.html    


   *** if I ever get time to do it properly, I will fold it 
   into pdl. (Someone else want to do it?) The pdl people gave
  me a list of things that have to be cleaned up first. It would
   not be too hard.
Package: r-pdl
Installed-Size: 982
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.2-2
Depends: pdl
Size: 139580
Description: 'R' statistics for the perl data language
 r-pdl is an interface to a  collection of about
 100 routines from the R statistics language, for pdl,
 the perl data language.  The routines give information
 and random deviates from common distributions used in
 statistics.  Provisions for a user defined random
 number generator have been added to the original R
 code.              

Package: ssystem
Installed-Size: 1320
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.6-3
Depends: glutg3 (>= 3.6-1), libc6 (>= 2.1), libjpeg62, mesag3, xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1)
Size: 1055026
Description: solar system flight simulator
 ssystem is an OpenGL Solar System simulator. The Sun , the nine
 planets and a few major satellites are included. Background stars are also
 included.     

 *** This package is of quite limited use. It is really 
  a toy.
Package: bugsx
Installed-Size: 361
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.08-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), xlib6g (>= 3.3.2.3a-2)
Size: 329156
Description: evolve biomorphs using genetic algorithms
 buugsx is a program which draws biomorphs
 based on parametric plots of Fourier sine and cosine
 series and let's you play with them using genetic
 algorithms.
              
Package: saml
Installed-Size: 1114
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 970418-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libgdbmg1, saml (>= 970418)
Suggests: python
Size: 369020
Description: Simple Algebraic Math Library
 a C library for symbolic calculations, accompanied
 by some application programs (samuel, factorint, induce),
 and Python bindings. The library provides an object-oriented
 framework for defining and handling mathematical types, and implements
 the most common data types of computer algebra: integers,
 reals, fractions, complex numbers, polynomials, tensors, matrices, etc.
 The application programs consist of an interactive symbolic
 calculator (samuel), a programming language (induce) and
 a program to factorize integers (factorint).
                                    
Package: hmmer
Installed-Size: 6438
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.1.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Size: 1608544
Description: models protein or nucleic acid sequences.
 Hmmer is a suite of programs which use profile
 hidden Markov models (profile HMMs) to model
 the primary structure consensus of a family of
 protein or nucleic acid sequences.
 Homepage:  http://hmmer.wustl.edu/          

Package: slatec-dev
 
Package: sipp-dev
                                  
Package: cln
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 901
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.98-7.1
Size: 316674
Description: Class Library for Numbers (c++)
 CLN is a library for computations with all kinds of numbers.  It has a
 rich set of number classes, including integers (with unlimited precision),
 reals with various precisions (including unlimited), rationals, complex
 numbers, polynomials.  The kernel is written in assembly language, and
 many efficient algorithms and automatic garbage collection are implemented.
 Homepage: http://clisp.cons.org/~haible/packages-cln.html
                                                              
Package: g2
Installed-Size: 232
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.40-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Size: 73376
Description: simple to use 2D graphics library
 g2 is a simple to use graphics library for 2D graphical applications
 written in Ansi-C. This library provides a comprehensive set of
 functions for simultaneous generation of graphical output on different
 devices. Presently, the devices supported
 are : X11, GIF, PostScript .
 More information at http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/ljubo/g2/g2.shtml


   *** This one is taken by P Galbraith.  People use it
  and like it.                                                                         
Package: xtide
Installed-Size: 4821
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.1.1-1
Depends: libc6, libpng2, libstdc++2.9, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), xlib6g (>= 3.3.2.3a-2), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
Size: 1247368
Description: provides tide and current predictions
 XTide is a package that provides tide and current predictions in a wide
 variety of formats. Graphs, text listings, and calendars can be generated,
 or a tide clock can be provided on your desktop.
 .
 XTide can work with X-windows, plain text terminals, or the web. This is
 accomplished with three separate programs: the interactive interface
 (xtide), the non-interactive or command line interface (tide), and the web
 interface (xttpd).
 .
 The algorithm that XTide uses to predict tides is the one used by the
 National Ocean Service in the U.S. It is significantly more accurate than
 the simple tide clocks that can be bought in novelty stores. However, it
 takes more to predict tides accurately than just a spiffy algorithm -- you
 also need data for every location for which you want
 to predict tides. XTide reads this data from harmonics files that are
 installed with the Debian package.
 Web Page: http://www.flaterco.com/xtide/          


   *** This package is cool and cutting-edge., but I don't use
  it right now.
Package: blitz++
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 2903
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.4.2-2
Depends: g++
Size: 477150
Description: C++ template class library for scientific computing
 Blitz++ offers a high level of abstraction,
 but performance which rivals Fortran.  The
 current version supports arrays and vectors.
 This package includes libraries and headers for
 compiling programs with blitz++.
 Homepage http://monet.uwaterloo.ca/blitz/
                                                  
  *** some people use this.
Package: plplot
Priority: optional
Section: math
Installed-Size: 938
Maintainer: Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@icp.inpg.fr>
Architecture: i386
Version: 4.99j-8
Depends: libc6, libjpeg62, libtiff3g, tcl8.0 (>= 8.0.4), tk8.0 (>= 8.0.3) | tkstep8.0, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), xpm4g (>= 3.4j-0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
Conflicts: plplot-dev (<= 4.99j-2), plplot-tcl (<= 4.99j-5), plplot-doc (<= 4.99j-5)
Size: 491150
Description: Scientific plotting library
 PLplot is relatively small, portable, freely distributable, and is rich
 enough to satisfy most users.  It has a wide range of plot types including
 line (linear, log), contour, 3D, fill, and almost 1000 characters
 (including Greek and mathematical) in its extended font set.  The package
 is designed to make it easy to quickly get graphical output; only a
 handful of function calls is typically required.  For more advanced use,
 virtually all aspects of plotting are configurable.
 .
 APIs are provided for C, C++, and Fortran (Tcl/Tk and Python bindings
 are available as separate packages, plplot-tcl and python-plplot
 respectively).
 .
 A program for rendering Tektronix vector files is also included in
 this package.
 .
 See http://emma.la.asu.edu/plplot for more information on PLplot.


   *** pretty easy to maintain                                                                   
Package: sciplot
Installed-Size: 285
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.36-3
Depends: lesstifg (>= 1:0.85.2), libc6, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5)
Size: 114070
Description: widget for scientific plotting
 The SciPlot Widget is a widget capable of plotting cartesian or polar graphs,
 including logarithmic axes in cartesian plots.  The widget is subclassed
 directly from the Core widget class, which means that it does not depend upon
 any other widget set.  It may be freely used with Athena, Motif, or the
 Open Look/Xview widget sets.  (There is optional Motif support that causes
 the widget to be subclassed from XmPrimitive.  See the man page.)
 .
 Features provided in the widget include automatic scaling, legend drawing,
 axis labeling, PostScript output, multiple plotted lines, color support, user
 font specification, dashed lines, symbols drawn at points, logarithmic scales
 on one or both axes in cartesian plots, and degrees or radians as angles in
 polar plots.
                                                                                        
  *** has fortran. Took a bit to get it to compile.
  Non-free
Package: pgplot5
Installed-Size: 2354
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 5.2-9
Replaces: pgplot
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Conflicts: pgplot
Size: 697614
Description: large subroutine library for plotting scientific data.
 This package contains both runtime and development libraries.
 Many routines are included in pgplot for viewing scientific data. Many
 (about 70) output devices are supported.  2-D , 3-D , contour, image manipulation,
 etc. are well supported. Interactive routines are included. Both a C and a FORTRAN
 library are present. See http://astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/ for more information.
                                                            
Package: dstool-doc

  *** This looks like it is neatly coded. I hope it comes along.
   Easy to build at present.                                          
Package: yacas
Installed-Size: 749
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.0.2-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libfltk1, libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1, mesag3, xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1)
Size: 298150
Description: computer algebra system
 Yet Another Computer Algebra System is a small and highly
 flexible computer algebra language.
 The syntax is very close to Mathematica. The distribution contains
 a small library of mathematical functions, but its real strength
 is in the language in which you can easily write your own symbolic
 manipulation algorithms. It supports arbitrary precision arithmetic.      


  *** pretty popluar.  License is too free. The engine is now
  in a popular closed source produce.
Package: rasmol
Installed-Size: 1632
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.6b2-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), xlib6g (>= 3.3.2.3a-2)
Size: 764114
Description: molecule visualization and rendering
 RasMol is a molecular graphics program intended for the
 visualisation of proteins, nucleic acids and small
 molecules. The program is aimed at display, teaching
 and generation of publication quality images.
 .
 Currently supported input file formats include
 Brookhaven Protein Databank (PDB), Tripos' Alchemy
 and Sybyl Mol2 formats, Molecular Design Limited's
 (MDL) Mol file format, Minnesota Supercomputer
 Center's (MSC) XMol XYZ format and CHARMm format files.
 .
 The loaded molecule may be shown as wireframe, cylinder
 (drieding) stick bonds, alpha-carbon trace, spacefilling
 (CPK) spheres, macromolecular ribbons (either smooth
 shaded solid ribbons or parallel strands),
 hydrogen bonding and dot surface.
 Rasmol homepage: http://klaatu.oit.umass.edu:80/microbio/rasmol/       


  *** popular, I think.  Big, takes a while to build.
Package: pdl
Priority: optional
Section: non-free/math
Installed-Size: 5314
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.002-2
Replaces: r-pdl
Depends: perl-5.005, libterm-readkey-perl, libc6 (>= 2.1)
Suggests: pgperl, mesag3, netpbm, jpeg-progs
Conflicts: r-pdl
Size: 1589124
Description: The perl data language. Perl extensions for numerics.
 PDL (``Perl Data Language'') gives standard perl the ability to COMPACTLY
 store and SPEEDILY manipulate the large N-dimensional data arrays
 which are the bread and butter of scientific computing.  The idea
 is to turn perl in to a free, array-oriented, numerical language
 in the same sense as commercial packages like IDL and MatLab. One
 can write simple perl expressions to manipulate entire numerical arrays
 all at once. For example, using PDL the perl variable $a can hold a
 1024x1024 floating point image, it only takes 4Mb of memory to store
 it and expressions like $a=sqrt($a)+2 would manipulate the whole image
 in a few seconds.
 .
 A simple interactive shell (perldl) is provided for command line use
 together with a module (PDL) for use in perl scripts.
 Web page: http://pdl.perl.org/

  *** pretty easy to maintain                                              
Package: meschach
Priority: optional
Section: math
Installed-Size: 293
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.2b-7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1)
Size: 146736
Description: library for performing operations on matrices and vectors
 Meschach is a library of routines written in C for matrix
 computations. These include operations for basic numerical linear
 algebra; routines for matrix factorisations; solving systems of
 equations; solving least squares problems; computing eigenvalues,
 eigenvectors and singular values;sparse matrix computations including
 both direct and iterative methods. This package makes use of the
 features of the C programming language: data structures, dynamic
 memory allocation and deallocation, pointers, functions as parameters
 and objects. Meschach has a number of self-contained data structures
 for matrices, vectors and other mathematical objects.
 Web site: ftp://ftpmaths.anu.edu.au/pub/meschach/meschach.html
                                                      
  *** this is out of the archive.  If you split the geomview source,
  then it can go back in. I just didn't have time to do it properly.
  If xforms really goes free, then this can be folded into geomview and
  go in main.
Package: geomview-contrib
Priority: optional
Section: contrib/math
Installed-Size: 1674
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Source: geomview
Version: 1.6.1.9-7
Depends: geomview (>= 1.6.1.9-1), libc6 (>= 2.1), libforms0.88, libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1, xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1)
Size: 772252
Description: modules for geomview
 These are some modules for geomview which give added functions.
 They  depend on the non-free forms library.
 Homepage: http://www.geom.umn.edu/software/geomview/geomview.html
                                                          
Package: circlepack
Installed-Size: 996
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 4.0.1-3
Depends: libc6, xlib6g (>= 3.3-5), xviewg (>= 3.2p1.4-1)
Size: 533512
Description: creation and display of circle packings
 CirclePack is a C program for the creation,
 display, manipulation, and storage of circle packings using
 X-Windows. Computations may be done in either hyperbolic, euclidean, or
 spherical geometry, though the routines for the latter are not
 yet complete. For the theory behind the package, one must consult
 the research literature. One of the author's primary interests
 concerns the parallels between the developing theory of circle
 packings and the classical theory of analytic functions.
 Home page: http://www.math.utk.edu/~kens/              

Package: pgperl
Installed-Size: 150
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.08-9
Depends: perl-5.005, libc6 (>= 2.1), pgplot5 (>= 5.2), xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1)
Size: 46378
Description: perl interface to the pgplot plotting library
 perl interface to pgplot, which  is a large
 set of routines for plotting and visualizing scientific data.
 This package allows you to use simple perl scripts to make plots.
 See http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/AAO/local/www/kgb/pgperl/index.html           

   *** pretty easy to build
Package: tochnog
Installed-Size: 976
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 99.4.22-1
Replaces: tn
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1
Recommends: plotmtv, tochnog-doc
Conflicts: tn
Size: 327182
Description: finite element analysis program
 Tochnog is a program for finite element analysis.
 Multithreading and multiprocessor systems are
 supported.  Here is a partial list of
 models supported:
 Differential equations (materials).
 Convection-diffusion equations,
 Stokes and Navier-Stokes,
 Elasticity (isotropy and transverse isotropy),
 Plasticity (Von-Mises, Mohr-Coulomb,
 Gurson, etc.; plasticity surfaces can be
 arbitrarily combined).
 .
 Residues in equations and error estimates
 for all data can be printed/plotted.
 web page:
 http://www.tm.wb.utwente.nl/~roddeman/tn_release/tnhome.html
                                                                    
Package: dstooltk-doc

  *** some building and porting issues. 
Package: freewrl
Installed-Size: 1799
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.20.a1-2
Depends: freetype1, libc6 (>= 2.1), libpng2, mesag3, xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3), libwww-perl, perl-5.005, libhtml-parser-perl
Suggests: netscape, xswallow
Size: 655624
Description: vrml browser and netscape plugin
 freewrl includes a standalone vrml browser, which
 also browses url's from the command line.
 Currently, you must edit the xswallow configuration
 file by hand in order to get the plugin function.
 Web Page: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~lukka/freewrl/
                                                           
   *** I wrote this one, and have not had time to continue development.
   The lib that it is based on is a moving target.
Package: libplot-perl
Installed-Size: 102
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.2-1-3
Depends: perl-5.005, libc6 (>= 2.1), plotutils (>= 2.1.4-1), xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1)
Size: 27134
Description: perl interface to plot library
 libplot is part of the plotutils package
 from the FSF. This package allows the routines
 to be called from perl. Only the C libary routines are avaiable
 with this package. The C++ routines may be added later. They
 are available on CPAN in a package which is currently not
 debianized.                    

  Non-free
Package: mocka
Installed-Size: 906
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 9605-1
Depends: libc6
Size: 325982
Description: modula-2 compiler
 Mocka is a modula-2 compiler.  The compiler
 is written in modula-2 and can be compiled under
 mocka.
 Web Page: http://i44s11.info.uni-karlsruhe.de:80/~modula/
                                                                
Package: admesh
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.95-1
Depends: libc6
Recommends: geomview | vrml-browser
Size: 29738
Description: processing triangulated solid meshes
 Currently, ADMesh only reads the STL file
 format that is used for rapid prototyping applications,
 although it can write STL, VRML, OFF, and DXF files.
 Some features of admesh are: Fill holes in the mesh
 by adding facets. Repair facets by connecting
 nearby facets. Repair normal directions
 (i.e. facets should be CCW) Remove degenerate
 facets (i.e. facets with 2 or more vertices equal)
 Web site: http://www.varlog.com/products/admesh/  

Package: dstool-tk
Installed-Size: 2176
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.0-1
Depends: libc6, tcl8.0 (>= 8.0.3), tk8.0 (>= 8.0.3), xlib6g (>= 3.3-5)
Recommends: dstool-tk-doc
Suggests: geomview
Size: 393340
Description: dynamical systems investigation tk verson
 dstool with a tk front end.
 dstool is a tool for the investigation of
 dynamical systems. It is an efficient research tool
 that integrates a friendly graphical user
 interface, data management capabilities,
 a rich set of numerical algorithms together
 with the  flexibility to add more algorithms
 and communicate data with other programs.
                                                            
Package: meschach-dev

  This looks really cool. I played with it, but have not done
  anything useful with it (heavy C++).
Package: grafix
Priority: optional
Section: math
Installed-Size: 801
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.5-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.1), libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1
Size: 374030
Description: scientific visualization library.
 "Grafix" is a utility originally designed to help scientists in the
 visualization of results of a computation, e.g. for numerical integrations of
 partial differential equations.
 .
 It can be used, however, for any application that wants to use X for
 drawing pictures, functions or other graphic objects in a convenient
 interactive manner or even for writing a graphical user interface for any task.
 .
 Grafix should be considered as a layer between an application and the X Window
 system built up of a bunch of basic classes as building elements.
 The simplest way of using it is to define instances of these classes.
 For more complicated programs the user has to define own derivations to the
 basic classes.
                                            
Package: tela
Installed-Size: 4252
Maintainer: John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.28-3
Depends: lapack, libc6 (>= 2.1), libhdf4g (>= 4.1r2), libjpeg62, libncurses4 (>= 4.2-3.1), libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-12), libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1, ncurses3.4, netcdfg3 (>= 3.4-1), xlib6g (>= 3.3.3.1-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3)
Recommends: plotmtv
Suggests: lynx
Size: 1187280
Description: interactive tensor language
 Tela (pronounced teh-lah) is an interactive
 numerical computing package primarily targeted
 for prototyping numerical simulations. It is,
 however, also a general purpose programming
 language similar to C but with features derived
 from  Pascal as well as other  interactive
 systems such as Matlab.
 .
 Tela is not a Matlab clone. Many of Tela's
 features are more powerful than in Matlab;
 on the other hand Tela's linear algebra routines are
 not as sophisticated as those in Matlab.
 Web page: http://www.geo.fmi.fi/prog/tela.html
                                                                  
	                                                              


-- 
John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>,  lapeyre@debian.org
Tucson,AZ     http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre


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