Bundled Software & Licenses: IRIX 6.5

Bundled Software with IRIX 6.5.4

IRIX 6.5.4
Applications CD

Scroll down this page to read about the bundled set of desktop software applications, including web tools, desktop productivity tools, and other software.

Note: Many of the applications that have been upgraded from the previous IRIX Applications CD for 6.5 have been included as overlays on the IRIX 6.5.4 Overlays CDs. To install the new versions of these applications you must install IRIX 6.5.4. The images contained on the IRIX Applications CD are the already released IRIX 6.5 versions. These overlay products include:

On-Line Customer Registration
Desktop System Monitor
Display PostScript/X
Dynaweb
Impressario
Information Searching Execution Environment (Info Search)
IRIX Interactive Desktop
Printing, Licensing, and Desktop Tools
WebViewer

Note:As an SGI customer you have access to all of SGI's product documentation online. To view a document please visit our Technical Publications web page at http://techpubs.sgi.com.

Additional applications have been upgraded and the new product can be found on the IRIX 6.5.4 Applications CD. These full products include:

CosmoPlayer
SGIMeeting
Netscape
Netscape Navigator

IRIX 6.5.4
Advanced Server Environment

IRIX 6.5.4
Advanced Workstation Environment

Silicon Graphics is introducing complete, value-added solutions to servers and workstations with IRIX 6.5 Advanced Server Environment and IRIX 6.5 Advanced Workstation Environment. IRIX 6.5 ASE and AWE give you a complete operating environment, including interoperability tools, enterprise management software, and the maturity and performance of IRIX 6.5.

ASE	AWE	Contents	Location
		Maturity and Performance

Y	Y	IRIX 6.5.4	IRIX 6.5.4, (1 of 2) Installation Tools and Overlays CD IRIX 6.5.4 (2 of 2) Overlays CD

Y	Y	XFS	IRIX 6.5.4, (1 of 2) Installation Tools and Overlays CD

		TCO/Enterprise Management

Y	Y	NFS	NFS CD
Y	Y	EnlightenDSM/Workgroup*	ElightenDSM/Workgroup CD
Y	Y	HP-UX MIB (SNMP)	HP-UX MIB (SNMP) CD

Y	-	CA Unicenter TNG Framework	CA Unicenter TNG Framework CD

		Interoperability



Y	Y	Novell Netware	IRIX 6.5.4 Applications CD


Y	Y	Xinet Appletalk	IRIX 6.5.4 Applications CD

		Other Applications

Y	-	DBA	DBA CD

* EnlightenDSM server license in ASE; client agent only in AWE.

IRIX 6.5 Advanced Workstation Environment desktops are also available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, and German.

Over time, Silicon Graphics will continue to deliver total solutions by adding to IRIX 6.5 Advanced Server Environment and Advanced Workstation Environment, allowing you to do more with your Silicon Graphics machines.

Licenses for IRIX Applications

To see what licenses you have,open License Manager. If you have a question about which licenses you may be entitled to, send an e-mail to license@sgi.com, put "help" in the subject line, and your serial number and a description of the question in the body of the message. Or you can call SGI support at 1-800-800-4SGI.

3rd party Applications Support

Some of the products shipped are 3rd party applications. To find out how to get support for these products, refer to the 3rd Party Applications Support page.

The IRIX 6.5 Applications

You can find the icons for these desktop tools in the Icon Catalog (click on the Find menu on the Toolchest, and select the page you want). Unless otherwise noted, you can re-install these products from the IRIX Overlays CDs and IRIX Applications CDs.

Web Tools

For more detals on SGI's desktop see the desktop webpage.

Netscape Communicator	Browse the World Wide Web. Netscape Communicator is available on the IRIX Applications CD, and comes pre-installed on most systems from Silicon Graphics. Netscape Communicator includes the following: Navigator, a browser Messenger, a mail/news client Composer, an HTML authoring tool and more, and is integrated into the Silicon Graphics IRIX Interactive Desktop. SGI also ships a variety of plug-ins to Navigator. You can find Navigator on the WebTools page of the Icon Catalog, or launch Navigator from the Internet menu item "Open Web Browser" on the Toolchest.
Netscape Navigator	Netscape Lite If you prefer to save disk space and memory and only want to use the web browser, and not the Netscape mail, news, or HTML editor, you can install the Netscape Navigator Client product from the Applications CD in the 'extras' directory. This will uninstall the Netscape Communicator software.
NetscapeMessenger	NetscapeMessenger built in to Communicator. NetscapeMessenger is the default mail program for Silicon Graphics. (This link only works if you have already installed Netscape Communicator 4.05 or higher). Using NetscapeMessenger makes it easy to send and receive URLs - they automatically appear as highlighted links in your messages. Just click on the link to view the page! You can also mail references to web sites with a single command. Launch Mail from the Communicator Menu menu within Netscape.
Cosmo Player	Browse VRML 3D Worlds. Silicon Graphics ships Cosmo Player with all systems as a plug-in to Netscape. Cosmo Player brings the power and excitement of 3D graphics to the World Wide Web. As part of the WebFORCE^(TM) software environment from Silicon Graphics, Cosmo Player advances the revolution started by text-based multimedia web browsers. With point-and-click simplicity, you can now fly through virtual cities or resorts, visualize stock market trends in 3D, or inspect 3D models of products in on-line catalogs. Cosmo Player enables natural, intuitive navigation of information on the Internet. Now, text, images, video, audio, and even other 3D models can be accessed directly from a 3D environment, making information access as easy as browsing in a bookstore.
CosmoCreate	Author your own HTML Web pages. CosmoCreate^(TM) is a powerful HTML editor that allows anyone to quickly and easily create cross-platform, media-rich Web pages. It replaces WebMagic (our previous HTML editor), and is now available on the Applications CD without the need for a purchased license. CosmoCreate provides a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) user interface that automatically generates HTML. Incorporating text, images, video, and audio is as simple as drag and drop, enabling you to focus on content instead of worrying about HTML tags. CosmoCreate includes a set of predefined templates for the quick creation of standard home pages. You can find the CosmoCreate icon on the WebTools page of the Icon Catalog.
OutBox Personal WebSite	Publish Your Information to your Intranet. With the OutBox Personal WebSite, you can make files on your system easily available to co-workers, regardless of the computing platform they are using. OutBox creates default personal home pages for all users and a system home page, which you can use as-is or modify as needed. Outbox uses the Netscape FastTrack Server, which is pre-installed on most systems.
Netscape FastTrack Personal Server/Netscape Admin Server	Netscape FastTrack Personal server Serving up web pages has never been so easy! Silicon Graphics pre-installs and configures the Netscape FastTrack^(TM) Personal server on all O2 systems. The server automatically turns on when you power on your system. All you need to do to publish your files on the Web is put them in the public_html folder that you will find in your home directory (for example, /usr/people/bob/public_html). The FastTrack Personal server is also configured to work with OutBox (see above). FastTrack server is an easy-to-use, powerful web server for creating and managing web sites. It includes all the standard Netscape features like security (SSL), server-side Java, JavaScript, high performance NS-API, and traffic logging. FastTrack is an ideal solution for publishing traditional Intranet and Internet documents as well as developing and deploying live network-centric and media-rich applications.
Site Manager	Manage the content on your growing site easily. When your site has anywhere from 25 to 25,000 or more pages and you want revision control with an easy-to-use interface, use Site Manager. Site Manager gives you link and HTML validation, a cool 3D hyperbolic view of your links, and usage statistics from the server traffic logs. Site Manager is perfect for a collaborative authoring team or any site that wants more control and meta-data. The Site Manager Server should be configured by someone knowledgable about webservers. See the SiteMgr release notes for more details. Site Manager works well with Netscape FastTrack Server. You can find the icon for Site Manager on the WebTools page of the Icon Catalog.
WebJumper	Jump easily to your favorite hotspots on the Web. WebJumper allows you to save URLs as desktop icons, and then double click the icon to view the page. Organizing the icons on your desktop becomes easy. The icon for WebJumper is on the WebTools page of the Icon Catalog.

Desktop Productivity Tools

Adobe Acrobat Reader	The Adobe Acrobat Reader is your window into the world of documents digitally published in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). With Adobe's rich set of PDF authoring tools and PDF readers available at no cost for PC, MAC and UNIX platforms, sharing information using PDF is a welcome solution for publishing information in a heterogeneous networked computing environment, such as the World Wide Web. PDF allows documents to be presented in their original form, retaining the font, color, graphic, and page layout information as the author intended. The icon is on the Applications page of the Icon Catalog.
Desktop MediaTools	Capture Your Ideas in Any Media. Desktop MediaTools give you the option to choose the most effective way to capture and communicate an idea. The Media Tools support creation and editing of standard file format sounds, movies, images and 3D objects. Once you have captured your ideas, the IRIX Interactive Desktop supports you in sharing information with your colleagues in the most effective way. All of these tools are on the Media Tools page of the Icon Catalog
ImageVision Tools	ImageVision^(TM) Tools are a set of image generation and manipulation utilities, including: tools for viewing, altering and enhancing image a tool for converting image files to other formats a tool for reading information about the image from the file a tool for enumerating the supported file formats a very flexible command line tool for doing batch or interactive image processing sessions You can find icons for these tools on the Media Tools page of the Icon Catalog.
Impressario	Impressario is an enhanced printing and scanning environment for SGI workstations. Impressario consists of several products: Impressario Base: File conversion tools, fonts and other printing utilities for print servers. Impressario Developer's Kit: Tools for developing Impressario compliant printer and scanner drivers. Impressario Host RIP Printers: Drivers for selected printers that do not have built-in PostScript (requires Impressario PostScript Renderer). Impressario PostScriptRenderer (requires a license): Optional Adobe PostScript renderer Impressario Print Server: Drivers for selected printers that have built-in PostScript (Impressario PostScript Renderer not required). Impressario Scanner Software: Drivers for HP ScanJets, Ricoh FS2 and Sharp JX scanners.
	Impressario scanning tools allow you to easily capture images from a scanner, file, or monitor. The Scanner Manager tool provides a simple interface for installing and configuring scanners.
	Impressario Printer Drivers support the IRIX Desktop architecture allowing you to use the IRIX Printer Manager to configure and manage Impressario printers. Selected printers are supported: Apple LaserWriter, Epson Stylus, Lexmark Optra, HP LaserJet, HP DeskJet, and HP DesignJet. The HP and Epson drivers require Impressario's optional Adobe Level II PostScript interpreter.
InPerson	Discuss Interactively, Regardless of Location. Through InPerson^(TM) desktop conferencing, you can conduct on-line meetings which include movies, images, interactive 3D models, audio and video. The icon is on the Applications page of the Icon Catalog. PeoplePages-The Indigo Magic Phonebook is a companion product to InPerson which is also shipped with your system.
InfoSearch	Search all documentation formats. InfoSearch allows users to search and browse virtually all SGI documentation from a single web interface: online books, help cards, man pages and release notes. You can launch InfoSearch from the Help menu on the Toolchest. Some users will prefer InfoSearch's consistent web-interface, others prefer InSight's richer functionality. InfoSearch can be found on line in the TechPubs Library.
IRIS InSight	IRIS InSight, including the Viewer, SGIHelp viewer and the Online Glossary. IRIS InSight Viewer lets you easily search and browse Silicon Graphics' online document and support libraries. With this product, you can view the glossary of terms, the online Help, and the online versions of the standard end-user documentation set and more. Launch InSight by selecting Help...Online Books from the Toolchest.The InSight Glossary is a list of terms, with their definitions, that are used in the various InSight manuals. It can be opened, searched, and viewed like any other InSight document. However, its primary purpose is a hyperlinked resource for other InSight manuals that do not have back-of-book glossaries. Other desktop applications rely on this product for the SGIHelp viewer.
IRIS InSight DynaWeb	IRIS InSight DynaWeb^(TM), a product of INSO Corporation, is a cgi (computer gateway interface) web server application for users who prefer to search and view online manuals via a web browser. IRIS InSight DynaWeb (tm) server automatically converts SGML files, the same files used by IRIS InSight, to HTML dynamically. InfoSearch relies on this product.
NEdit	NEdit NEdit is a standard graphical user interface (GUI) text editor for programs and plain text files. If you've used Macintosh® and Microsoft®Windows® based text editors, you'll find NEdit a familiar and comfortable environment.
SGImeeting	Discuss Interactively, Regardless of Location. SGImeeting^(TM) is a new standards based data conferencing tool that interoperates with Microsoft NetMeeting, SunForum or any other T.120 compliant tools. SGImeeting's features include application sharing, including support for OpenGL applications, a 2D whiteboard for real-time data sharing and annotating, file transfer, chat, a shared clipboard and support for 24-bit color. It is available on the Applications CD and also will be available for free as a web download.
SGImeeting Extensions	Whiteboard Tools SGImeeting Extensions offer five additional whiteboard tools as "plug-ins" that appear on the whiteboard tool palette. Included is 1) a screen capture tool for dynamic or still whiteboard input, 2) a video capture tool for dynamic or still whiteboard input, 3) customizable arrows & dimension markers for easy discussion pointing, 4) a symbol palette for drag and drop images, and 5) SmartClear for clearing annotations when captured images update. These extensions are ideal for group discussions in CAD and image intensive industries. A 90 day evaluation license is included. License Required.
Showcase	Deliver Compelling Presentations. IRIX includes Showcase^(TM) , the interactive, multi-media, presentation creation tool. Integrate text, images and video to create dynamic presentations. The icon is on the Applications page of the Icon Catalog.

Other software

AccessX	The SGI AccessX graphical interface allows movement-impaired users to set and activate the following five special keyboard features: (1) MouseKeys turns the user's keyboard number pad into a pointer controller, enabling the user to move the pointer without the mouse. (2) BounceKeys makes the keyboard ignore spurious extra presses of a key. (3) StickyKeys causes modifier keys such as Shift, Ctrl, and Alt to latch and affect the next key pressed, such that modifier keys and other keys may be pressed in sequence instead of simultaneously. (4) SlowKeys makes the keyboard ignore spurious presses of other keys on the way to a target key. (5) RepeatKeys lets the user toggle whether held keys are acknowledged repeatedly or just once. The SGI AccessX status window updates in real time to give feedback whenever the user presses, latches (holds down), and releases the mouse button and modifier keys.
Annotator	IRIS Annotator^(TM) is a multimedia application expressly designed for sharing ideas and information about 3D models. IRIS Annotator lets you annotate 3D models using the full complement of Silicon Graphics® Digital Media tools, then electronically mail the annotated models to others for review. IRIS Annotator is the ideal collaboration tool for any discipline producing 3D data, including engineering, manufacturing, architecture, life sciences, and geosciences. License required.
Adobe Photoshop Performance Package (sgips)	This package contains Photoshop plug-ins that accelerate many of Photoshop's image processing functions. Plug-ins are software modules (DSOs under UNIX) with which Photoshop can dynamically link to provide new features or, in this case, override built-in functions. The plug-in version of these functions use your system's image processing hardware to help perform the required operations many times faster than the main CPU can. If you purchase Photoshop, install this product and launch Photoshop using the "`photoshop_sgi"` icon, available on the Applications page of the Icon Catalog, to take advantage of these enhancements. License Required. Call SGI support for questions about Photoshop Licenses 1-800-800-4-SGI.
Array Services	The array services are a set of kernel services and tools that simplify the management of jobs and systems in an array of Silicon Graphics systems.
Color Management	The Color Management software contains libraries (supplied as DSOs), utility programs to apply color corrections (cocostiff(1), cocojpeg(1) and cocogif(1), etc.), and International Color Consortium (ICC) color profiles for selected devices. Other applications rely on this product.
Customer Support Services:	Includes: Customer Support Base Software Customer Link Client Software Customer Registration Customer Welcome (the HTML pages you're currently reading) You can find the icons for these tools on the Support page and the WhatsNew page in the Icon Catalog.
Demonstration Programs	Cool demos to show off your system to your friends! You can launch them from the Demos page of the Icon Catalog.
Desktop System Monitor	The System Monitor is an error reporting system for the IRIX Interactive Desktop. You can find an icon for it on the Support Tools page of the Icon Catalog.
Display PostScript	PostScript is an interpretive programming language with graphics capabilities for printing or displaying pages of text, two-dimensional graphical shapes, and sampled images. Display PostScript/X (DPS/X) is a PostScript interpreter that renders on the screen. DPS/X is based on Level 2 PostScript language; Silicon Graphics' version of DPS/X is an extension of its X Window System. The first time you run an application that uses DPS/X, the extension is loaded dynamically into the X server. DPS/X applications are X applications as well and are run in much the same way
FDDIVisualizer	FDDIVisualyzer is a tool for visualizing FDDI network traffic and bottlenecks.
Isogon, iFOR/LS 4.0	There are two licensing products on the Applications CD from Isogon Technologies, a "client run-time kit" (CRK) and an "administrative run-time kit" (ARK). Only customers running applications licensed with iforcrk (such as Catia) need to install the client, which contains utilities determine the host ID and to test access to the license server. Hosts running an iForLS license server should install the administrative run time, which contains licensing servers as well as the utilities in iforcrk.
IndigoMagic MediaWarehouse	Media Warehouse provides viewers for ASCII text, HTML, 3D models (Inventor and VRML), audio (AIFF, AIFC, NeXT/AU, and WAV formats), movies (SGI movie, MPEG, and QuickTime formats), IL image (see imgformats(1)), and X image (XPM and XBM) data types. Several desktop products rely on this product.
License Tools	The License Tools support the installation and management of software licenses and can be run interactively or automatically. This product should be installed on systems running licensed applications (it is pre-installed on most Silicon Graphics systems). You can launch this tool from the System menu on the Toolchest.
Performer	IRIS Performer provides a powerful and extensible programming interface (with ANSI C and C++ bindings) for creating real-time visual simulation and other interactive graphics applications. IRIS Performer 2.0 supports both IRIS GL and the industry standard OpenGL graphics library; these libraries combine with the IRIX operating system and REACT extensions to form the foundation of a powerful suite of tools and features for creating real-time visual simulation applications on Silicon Graphics systems. Performer is now located on the IRIX 6.5.4 Overlays CDs.
Serial Video LAN Control Panel and Tools	The VLAN 232 package provides an interface between Silicon Graphics workstations and Videomedia V-LAN transmitters using RS-232 connections.
WebViewer	A Viewkit HTML viewing component. Other desktop products rely on this product. (Available on the base IRIX for Origin, Onyx2, and OCTANE CD).

The IRIX 6.5 Applications

Web Tools

Desktop Productivity Tools

Other software