HOWTO - Netlib

How to use NETLIB

• email
• World Wide Web
• anonymous ftp

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  `netlib' started primarily as a mail server that distributes math software through email. Further information can be obtained from netlib site at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory by invoking mail at your system prompt (%).

   
    % mail netlib@ornl.gov
    send index
    ^D
  

  It's a mail server program that parses the email message so you don't need to be polite ... shorter the better. Also if your request is in UPPER-CASE it will send the math software in UPPER-CASE.

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  An alternate netlib server is netlib@research.att.com - it contains much of the same material as netlib@ornl.gov plus some AT&T developed codes such as f2c (Fortran to C converter). This netlib can also be accessed by `anonymous' ftp. Give "netlib" as the username and your email address (for good netiquette) as the password.

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  Another netlib server is netlib@unix.hensa.ac.uk, which is at the University of Kent in England ... so expect long delays. However, it also allows anonymous ftp for some of the larger packages. Here are some others:

  •  netlib@nac.no			Oslo, Norway 

  •  netlib@draci.cs.uow.edu.au	UofWollongong, Australia 

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  Netlib can be accessed by the World Wide Web (WWW) with the following Uniform Resource Locators (URLs)
  • http://www.netlib.org/
  • ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/master/readme.html
  • http://www.hensa.ac.uk/
  • http://www.netlib.no/netlib/master/readme.html
  Your web browser will have options for loading to disk when clicking on a hypertext link. Remember to unset this option when travelling elsewhere.

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  Netlib can be accessed directly via anonymous ftp from the following sites:
  • ftp.netlib.org
  • netlib.att.com
  • www.hensa.ac.uk
  • www.netlib.no
  example of an anonymous ftp session with your response in <<...>> If you're not familiar with ftp ... look at the man page.

    % ftp ftp.netlib.org
    Connected to ftp.netlib.org.
    Name (ftp.netlib.org:YOURUSERNAME): <<anonymous>>
    331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
    Password: <<your username@host.domain>>
    ...
  

  Note that some of the larger packages (e.g. lapack, xnetlib, etc.) are only available (as a whole) only by anonymous ftp or the WWW.