Index

CERN Linux certification status

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Environments

namestatusresponsibledependency statusblockingcommenttimestamp
AFS serversunknown Rainer Tobbicke(none)2011-10-21
AISunknown Reinoud Martenswont2011-05-06
ALEPHunknown Jacques Boucrot(none)(ALEPH has frozen the archiving system on SLC3)2010-11-11
ALICE-offlineunknown Fons Rademakerswontblocking2011-11-15
ALICE-onlineunknown Roberto Divia(none)blocking2010-11-11
ATLAS-offlinetest Emil Obreshkovwontblocking2012-01-24
ATLAS-onlineunknown Bruce Barnettwontblocking2011-11-14
BE/CO-developmentok Nicolas de Metz-Noblattestblocking2011-10-21
BE/CO-operationsok Alastair Blandwontblocking2012-01-24
Baseok Jarek Polokok2011-10-21
CASTOR serviceunknown Massimo Lamannaworksforme2011-11-14
CERN Document Serviceunknown Tibor Simkook2011-10-21
CMS-offlineunknown Peter Elmerwontblocking2011-11-15
CMS-onlineunknown Marc Dobsontestblocking2011-12-02
COMPASSunknown claude marchandtest2011-11-14
CVIok Jan van EldikokCERN Virtual Infrastructure2011-10-19
CVS serverswont Nils Hoimyrtestwill stay with SLC5 until end of CVS service2011-10-21
Certificationunknown Jan van Eldikfail2012-01-24
DELPHIunknown Fabio Cossutti(none)2010-11-11
DIRACunknown Leonid Afanasev(none)2010-11-11
Desktopok Jarek Polokwontblocking2011-11-14
Development Supportok Jarek Polokworksforme2011-11-14
Disk Serversunknown Olof Barring(none)2010-11-11
Engineer Desktopunknown Nils Hoimyrfail2011-11-14
HARPunknown Simone Gianiworksforme2011-10-21
IT-CFunknown Wayne Salterwont2011-10-19
IT-CF-ASIunknown Veronique LefeburewontAutomated Services for Infrastructure2011-10-19
IT-CF-SAOunknown Vincent Dore(none)(no real dependencies on the operating system)2010-11-11
IT-CISunknown Tim Smithwont2011-11-18
IT-CSunknown Jean-Michel Jouanigotwont2011-05-06
IT-DBunknown Tony Cass(none)2010-12-17
IT-DIunknown Christian Isnard(none)(no known Linux dependencies)2011-10-19
IT-DSSunknown Alberto Paceworksforme2011-11-14
IT-ESunknown Jamie Shiers(none)2010-12-17
IT-GTunknown Markus Schulz(none)2010-11-11
IT-OISunknown Tim Bellwont2011-11-18
IT-OIS-ODSunknown Andreas WagnerokLinux support2011-11-14
IT-PESunknown Helge Meinhardfail2011-11-15
IT-PES-PSunknown Olof BarringokPlatform Services2011-10-21
IT-UDSwont Tim Smith(none)Superseeded by IT-CIS2011-11-18
IT-services (catchall)unknown Jarek Polokfailblocking2011-12-02
Indicounknown Jose Benito Gonzalez(none)2011-11-18
LCG application Areaunknown Benedikt Hegnertestblocking2011-11-14
LHCb Offlineunknown Joel Closiertestblocking2011-11-14
LHCb Onlineunknown Rainer Schwemmerworksformeblocking2011-12-02
LHCb Production Toolsunknown Joel Closier(none)2010-11-11
LHCb Software Developmentunknown Marco Cattaneook2011-05-06
LHCb Visualisationunknown Marco Cattaneo(none)2010-11-11
NA48unknown Andrew Maiertest2011-11-14
NA49unknown Andres Sandoval(none)2010-11-11
NA60unknown Andre Davidtest2011-11-14
Network serversunknown David Gutierrezwont2011-05-06
Non-LHC experimentsunknown Sergei Gerassimovfailblocking2011-11-15
OPALfail Matthias SchroderworksformeWaiting for CERNLIB. Had to drop dependency on GPHIGS :(2011-11-15
OPERAunknown chaussad(none)2010-11-11
PLUS/BATCHunknown GavinMcCancewontblocking2011-11-15
SVN Serversunknown Nils Hoimyr(none)should work with slc6, but not yest tested2011-10-21
Tape Serversunknown German Cancio Melia(none)2011-10-21
Videoconferenceunknown Joao Fernandesunknown2011-11-18
Web serversunknown Andreas Wagnerok2011-05-06
Webcastunknown Marek Domarackywont2011-11-18
commercial development toolsunknown Pierre Baehlerunknown2010-11-11
distcc clusterworksforme Jarek Polok(none)2012-01-24

Packages

nameversionstatusresponsiblesupportdependency statuscommenttimestamptestdistrib
ANSYS12.1 & 13ok Nils Hoimyr(none)2011-05-20AFS
Ansys Workbench13ok Nils Hoimyr(none)2011-05-27
Axalant EDMS clientwont Nils Hoimyr(none)No longer distributed2011-02-18
CASTOR client sw2.1.11worksforme Sebastien Ponce(none)2011-11-14RPM
CASTOR server sw2.1.11unknown Sebastien Ponceworksforme2011-11-14RPM
CERN TeX stylestest Jan Iven(none)2011-05-06RPM
CERNLIB2006-3unknown Benedikt Hegnerworksforme2011-11-14RPM
CMTtest Grigori Rybkinok2011-11-14/afs/cern.ch/sw/contrib/CMT
CVS clienttestvendor(none)2011-05-06GSSAPI with load-balanced isscvs needs to workRPM
Cadence SPB16.02fail Nils Hoimyr(none)2011-05-20
Cadence iUS8.2worksforme Nils Hoimyr(none)to be checked by John Evans2011-05-20
DATEunknown Fons Rademakers(none)2010-11-11
EDH web clientunknown Derek Mathiesonwont2011-05-06connect to http://edh.cern.ch
ELFmsunknown Veronique Lefebureproject-elfms@cern.chunknown2011-05-27
ELFms-CC toolsunknown Veronique Lefebure(none)2010-11-11
GAUDIunknown Marco Cattaneotest2011-11-14
GEANT3unknown Benedikt Hegner(none)2011-02-24(in CERNLIB RPM)
GEANT4unknown Gabriele Cosmookhttp://lcgapp.cern.ch/project/spi/extsoft/packages.php?pkg=geant4 2011-10-19
HEPiX shells scriptstest Jan van Eldik(none)2011-10-19RPM/AFS
HFSS12.1fail Nils Hoimyr(none)incompatible with glibc version2011-05-20
Hummingbird eXceedwont Sebastien Dellabella(none)To be replaced by X-Win322011-11-15(connect to Linux machines, both through XDMCP and directly. Check "pine" and terminal colors)(n.a.)
Installationok Jarek Polok(none)2011-05-06
Java (JDK)ok Jarek Polok(none)2011-10-19RPM, in "onlycern" repository
Java (JRE)ok Jarek Polok(none)(for browser plugins only)2011-10-19RPM
LEAFunknown Veronique Lefebure(none)2010-11-11
LEMONunknown Ivan Fedorkounknown2011-05-27
LEMON sensorsunknown Ivan Fedorko(none)2011-05-27
LIBSHIFTunknown Sebastien Ponceworksforme(from the CASTOR RPM)2011-11-14RPM
LSFworksforme Ulrich Schwickerathok2011-10-21RPM (CC-addons)
Labview8.6unknown Alessandro Raimondo(none)Works for BE/CO2011-10-21/afs/cern.ch/sw/natinst/labview8/linux/labview-8-pds/
Lahey Fortranunknown Eric McIntosh(none)2010-11-11AFS, /afs/cern.ch/sw/fortran/lahey
MADX ?unknown Frank Schmidtwont2011-05-06AFS
MATLABR2010aworksforme John Evans(none)2011-05-20/afs/cern.ch/project/parc/matlab704/
MathLinkwont Philippe Defert(none)Now integrated into Mathematica2011-10-21/afs/cern.ch/project/parc/math50
Mathematica8worksforme Philippe Defert(none)2011-05-20/afs/cern.ch/project/parc/
NAG Fortranunknown Eric McIntosh(none)2010-11-11AFS, /afs/cern.ch/sw/fortran/nag
NAG-Cwont Stefan Roiserok2011-10-19
NCM componentsunknown Veronique Lefebure(none)2010-11-11
ORACLE Full Client Software10gR2 (10.2.0.5), 11gR2 (11.2.0.3)worksforme Nilo Segura Chinchilla(none)2011-10-21Installed in AFS, access via config scripts, CERN access only
ORACLE Instant Client11.0.2.0.3worksforme Nilo Segura Chinchilla(none)2011-10-21RPM, "onlycern" repository
OpenAFS1.4.14ok Rainer Tobbickeokproblem with afs_admin (no permission)2011-10-21/afs/cern.ch/project/linux/dev/benchmarks/config/stress/afs-fs-stress.shRPM
OpenMotifokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
PGI compilersunknown Eric McIntosh(none)2010-11-11AFS, /afs/cern.ch/sw/fortran/pgi
PVSS3.8SP2ok Piotr GolonkaworksformeOnly supported on 64bit systems, needs 32 bit libs2011-12-02http://cern.ch/enice/PVSS+Service+Download+3.8SP2
PrepareInstallunknown Veronique Lefebureok2011-10-21RPM
REMEDY web clientunknown Veronique Lefeburewont2011-10-19
ROOTunknown Fons Rademakersok2011-10-19
ROXIEok Stephan Russenschuck(none)second contact: Bernhard Auchmann (uses cernlib2006-g77 and statically linked libX11, libxcb, libXau and libXdmcp)2011-10-21
SIXTRACKunknown Frank Schmidtwont2011-11-14http://cern.ch/frs/Source/
STK-SSIunknown Vladimir Bahyl(none)tape library interface2010-11-11RPM
Seamonkeywontvendor(none)Replaced by Firefox and Thunderbird2011-05-06
Shibbolethok Jarek Polok(none)2011-10-19
Star-CCM+5.04 and 6.01test Nils Hoimyr(none)Startup and running locally works. (Parallel tests have to await an MPI cluster with SLC6.)2011-05-20
StarCD4.0.6wont Nils Hoimyr(none)obsolete, superseeded by Star-CCM+2011-05-20/afs/cern.ch/project/parc/starcd315c
TSM clientunknown Alex Iribarren(none)works for drupal servers2011-10-21RPM, /afs/cern.ch/project/tsm/installations/linux/current/
TeX/LaTeXtestvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
TotalViewunknown Eric McIntoshsdt.support@cern.ch(none)2010-11-11AFS, /afs/cern.ch/sw/totalview
VDT/Globusokvendor(none)2011-11-14http://vdt.cs.wisc.edu/index.html
Vidyounknown Jose Benito Gonzalez(none)2011-11-18to be defined
X-Win32test Sebastien Dellabella(none)2011-11-15connect to lxplus, run alpine, emacs, firefox and availbale desktops (KDE, Gnome, ICE)CMF
Xtokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
acrobatwont Jarek Polok(none)Evince works well on SLC62011-05-06RPM
acrontabunknown Rainer Tobbicke(none)2011-01-07RPM
alpinetestvendor(none)Several problems with Exchange 2007 (bugs on server side, client side fine)2011-05-06rpm
arcunknown Rainer Tobbicke(none)2010-11-11RPM
cdb serverunknown Veronique Lefebure(none)2010-11-11
compat-gcc-34okvendor(none)This package is not bi-arch!2011-11-15
conserverwont no one(none)Client works for BE/CO-Operations2012-01-24
dddokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
emacsokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
emacs-elokvendorok2011-05-06RPM
expectokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
f2cwont Jan van Eldik(none)(available from atrpms-stable repository???)2011-05-06RPM
flash-playerwontvendor(none)2011-11-18
fsplit5.5-3worksforme Jan van Eldik(none)2011-04-12RPM
g77wontvendor(none)not supported by TUV2010-12-20RPM
gccokvendor(none)2011-10-19http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48597 to be fixed in 6.2RPM
gdbokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
gdmokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
gfortranokvendor(none)2011-05-06
ghostview/gvokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
glibc-staticokvendor(none)2011-11-14
html2psokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
ipmitoolokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
kernelok Jarek Polokok2011-10-19RPM
kernel-sourceok Jarek Polokokmeans: ability to compile modules against CERN kernel, and create customized kernel versions2011-10-19RPM
mail clientsok Jan van Eldikwont(alpine, mozilla, thunderbird, evolution) vs CERN IMAP server.2011-05-06RPM
mod-perlokvendor(none)2011-05-06
mshvicrhel6-60 (also called '3')ok Jan van Eldik(none)Microsoft Hyper-V Integration component, only required for VMs within CVI2011-10-19RPM
mysqlokvendor(none)2011-05-06
npatchyunknown Benedikt Hegner(none)2011-02-24(in CERNLIB RPM)
openofficeokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
oprofileokvendorok2011-10-19RPM
pawunknown Benedikt Hegner(none)(from CERNLIB)2011-02-24RPM
perlokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
perl-BSD-Resourceokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
perl-DBD-CSVokvendor(none)EPEL2011-05-06RPM
perl-DBD-Oracleok Jan van Eldikworksforme2011-10-21RPM
perl-Proc-ProcessTableok Jan van Eldik(none)EPEL2011-05-06RPM
perl-SQL-Statementokvendor(none)EPEL2011-05-06RPM
perl-Text-CSV_XSokvendor(none)EPEL2011-05-06RPM
perl-Tkokvendor(none)EPEL2011-05-06RPM
phonebookok Jarek Polok(none)replaces phone command2011-05-06
picookvendor(none)EPEL (comes with alpine)2011-05-06RPM
printingok Jarek Polok(none)2011-05-06
pythonokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
qtokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
quattorunknown Veronique Lefebureunknown2010-11-11
quattor client softwareunknown Veronique Lefebure(none)2010-11-11
rdesktoptestvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
sendmailokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
sshokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
subversion1.6okvendor(none)2011-10-21
swrep serverunknown Veronique Lefebure(none)2010-11-11
tcl/tkokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
tcshokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
tkdiffok Matthias Schroder(none)comes with tkcvs from EPEL2011-05-06
viokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM
xscreensaverokvendor(none)2011-05-06RPM

Configurations

namestatusresponsibledependency statuslast polltimestampcommentdistrib
3ware driverwont Jarek Polok(none)2011-05-06Now part of the kernel
e1000 driverwont Jarek Polok(none)2011-05-06in kernel now
kernel-schedulingok Matthias Schroder(none)2011-10-19(included in kernel)


Explanation

OKtested and worked ok, no serious problems found
TESTTest in progress
FAILTested and failed
WONTWill not be tested (e.g. not part of the certification or will be running a custom version of Linux)
WORKSFORMETested (but not neccessarily by maintainer or exhaustive), seems to work.Also used for commercial applications without formal support for this platform, but which seem to work.
UNKNOWNnot tested or no feedback from maintainer, no other reports of success or failure
MISSINGrequired (perhaps only in previous versions) but not provided

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