OpenVMS ports of Freeware software

A2PS
         Purpose : ASCII text to PostScript converter.
         click here to get the source/binary distribution.

ABAC
         Purpose : Tool to backup a directory tree with preservation of the aliasses
         click here to download the distribution
         Other packages required:
                  -DFU

ABINIT
         Purpose : Quantum mechanical Ab initio calculations.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 4.3.5 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for version of 4.4.5 : No patches needed.
         patch for version of 4.5.4 : No patches needed.
         patch for version of 4.6.5 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for version of 5.0.1 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for version of 5.1.4 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for version of 5.2.4 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for version of 5.3.3 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         Note 1 : Presently only the 6 internal tests can be performed. I have still to work a little on file- and
                           command syntax in the perl scripts.

Algorithm::Diff
         Purpose : Perl module for computing the difference between two files, two strings, or any other two lists of things.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Antiword
         Purpose : Free MS Word reader.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
             Note 1 : I used the DESCRIP.MMS file found here to compile and link.

Archive::Tar
         Purpose : the Perl module for creation and in-memory manipulation of tar files.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.28 : click here for Patch This patch fixes file syntax in the tests.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Artistic Style
         Purpose : A source code indenter, formatter, and beautifier for the C, C++, C# and Java programming languages.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution and information
         Patch for version 1.23 : click here for Patch This patch fixes compile support.
          Last versions tested:  1) 1.23 (30 September 2009)
                                                       -using HP C++ V7.3-009 and JAVA 1.5.0-5 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3
                                             2) SVN version 144 (1 October 2009)
                                                       -using HP C++ V7.3-009 and JAVA 1.5.0-5 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

atk library
         Purpose : Accessibility Tookit to obtain accessibly information from GTK+ and GNOME widgets.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for SVN version 1237 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for CVS version of 12 April 2006 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note 1 : I only tested the proper compilation/linking. so no runtime checks yet. Use glib1.x on production systems.

Babel
         Purpose : Program that was designed to interconvert a number of file formats used in molecular modeling.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.6 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Note : To run the program define a logical BABEL_DIR pointing to the directory in which babel compiled.

bison
         Purpose : Bison/Yacc parser
         click here to get the source distribution
         Note : This is the last version ported to OpenVMS. With newer versions I got stuck in unix-pipe disasters.
         Last version tested: 1.22 (=VMS version: a2_3) (3 March 2003)

Bochs
         Purpose : A pentium emulator

BomberClone
         Purpose : Clone of the game AtomicBomberMan or even something new.

Bsoft
         Purpose : a collection of programs and a platform for development of software for image and molecular

Business::ISBN
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Busines::ISBN::Data
         Purpose : data pack for Business::ISBN.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Bzip2
         Purpose : non destructive (de)compression

cairo
         Purpose : ector graphics library designed to provide high-quality display and print output.
         click here to get the source distribution.
         patch version extracted with jgit on 11 November 2009 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         patch for CVS version of 23 October 2006 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         patch for version 1.2.6 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         Note 1 : Most test are successful (since 12 October 2007).
         Note 2 : All tests containing characters fail, due to different fonts on OpenVMS (vs. Linux). This is harmless
         Note 3 : Some tests can only be performed if the X-server has the RENDER extension,

cdrtools
         Purpose : CD Record tools
         click here to get the source and binary distribution
         Note : When using recent versions of the DECCRTL ignore messages like :
                            %LINK-W-MULDEF, symbol DECC$TFCVT multiply defined
                                        in module DECC$SHR_EV56 file SYS$COMMON:[SYSLIB]DECC$SHR_EV56.EXE;1.
         Last version tested: 2.01a19 (18 November 2003)

ClamAV
         Purpose : Clam AntiVirus is a GPL anti-virus toolkit

Compress::Zlib
         Purpose : This module provides a Perl interface to most of the zlib compression library.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.41 : click here for Patch This patch fixes file types in the tests.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

CTRL-VERIFY
         Purpose : Toggle SET VERIFY using CTRL-V (AXP P1-space demo!).
         click here to get the source distribution and information.

cvs
         Purpose : The Concurrent Versions System, the dominant open-source network-transparent version control system.
                         CVS is useful for everyone from individual developers to large, distributed teams.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.12.13 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         click here to get a binary version of 1.12.9 for OpenVMS7.3-2.
         Note 1 : I only tested it using ODS5 disks.
         Note 2 : I only ported the client part.

db
         Purpose : Berkeley DB is a database engine that provides developers with fast, reliable, local persistence with zero administration.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 4.4.20 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Other packages required :

DBI
         Purpose : The Perl Database Interface.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

DBS-ARPWATCH
         Purpose : sniffs the ethernet for ARP packets.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution.
         Other packages required :
                  -DBS-SYSRTL
        Last version tested : X1-004 (25 January 2006)

DBS-ETHERWATCH
         Purpose : An ethernet "sniffer" program that allows you to select packets based on source and destination addresses or

DBS-ICMPWATCH
         Purpose : sniffs for ICMP packets.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution.
         Other packages required :
                  -DBS-SYSRTL
        Last version tested : X1-001 (25 January 2006)

DBS-LATWATCH
         Purpose : similar to DBS-ETHERWATCH but only looks at LAT packets and formats the various LAT message types.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution.
         Other packages required :
                  -DBS-SYSRTL
        Last version tested : X5-007 (25 January 2006)

DBS-PATCH
         Purpose : programs to allow you to change the contents of any byte in a file or disk.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution.
         Other packages required :
                  -DBS-SYSRTL
        Last version tested : V2.0 (25 January 2006)

DBS-SCANLOCKS
         Purpose : show all the RMS locks taken out on the file you specify on the command line, identify the holders of

DBS-SYSRTL
         Purpose : Run-time library used by most of the DBS packages.
         click here to get the source and binary distributions.
        Last version tested : V1.10 (20 January 2006)

DBS-TCPWATCH
         Purpose : sniffs the ethernet for TCP packets. Does basic decoding of the IP headers. Record and playback available.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution.
         Other packages required :
                  -DBS-SYSRTL
        Last version tested : X1-003 (20 January 2006)

Deliver
         Purpose : Handles special delivers for VMS Mail
         click here to get the distribution for OpenVMS
        Last version tested on 1 November 2002

Devel::Symdump
         Purpose : Perl module. Dump symbol names or the symbol table
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

DFU
         Purpose : Tool developed to help finding and solving disk, directory and file problems
         click here to get information and the distribution
        Last version tested: 3.2 (22 November 2006)

diffutils
         Purpose : GNU implementation of diff,cmp,sdiff and diff3 for comparing file contents.
         click hereto get the source distribution
         patch for version 2.8.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Other packages required :
                  -gettext
                  -libiconv

Digest::BubbleBabble
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Digest::HMAC
         Purpose : HMAC is used for message integrity checks between two parties that share a secret key, and works in

Digest::MD5
         Purpose : allows you to use the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl programs.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Digest::SHA1
         Purpose : The Digest::SHA1 module allows you to use the NIST SHA-1 message digest algorithm from within Perl

dix
         Purpose : read/modify records in any RMS (seq/relative/idx) file.
         click here to get information and the source and binary distribution.
        Last version tested : 6.0 (30 October 2007)

djbfft
         Purpose : extremely fast library for floating-point convolution.
         click here to get the source distribution and information.
         patch for version 0.76 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         Other packages required :

DRAWxtl
         Purpose : display crystal structures.
         click here to get the source distribution and information.
         patch for version 5.4 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         Other packages required :

EDM
         Purpose : set of programs intended to combine various aspects of image processing and manipulation of high resolution
                         images and diffraction patterns as well as direct methods.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 1.0 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Note 1 : Testing is in progress.
         Other packages required :

EDMA
         Purpose : (Electron Density Map Analysis) program for analysis of discrete elecron density maps.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.

Expat library
         Purpose : XML parser library written in C
         click here to get sources and information
         patch for version 2.0.1 : click here for Patch This patch sets the compile options is such a way that it is suitable to be used

ExtUtils::CBuilder
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

ExtUtils::ParseXS
         Purpose : Perl module; converts Perl XS code into C code.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

ffmpeg
         Purpose : Multimedea system.
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for version cvs version of 13 September 2005 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for version svn version 18820 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         Note 1 : This package contains a png.h file. Be sure that other application pick up the one from the PNG library in

fftw
         Purpose : Fastest Fourier Transform of the West
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for version 2.1.5 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support and adds a F90-module.
         patch for version 3.1.3 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support and adds a F90-module.
         Note1 : If the F90 compiler is not present the Fortran part is skipped automatically.
         Note2 : Due to very long filenames version 3.0.1 gives errors when unpacking on ODS2 disks. Probably ( I performed
                         tests on ODS5 disks only) you will miss only some of the documentation files.
         Last versions tested: 1) 2.1.5 (24 September 2003)

flex
         Purpose : Fast lexical analyser generator
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for version 2.5.35 : click here for Patch . This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Last version tested: 2.5.35 (26 May 2008)

fltk
         Purpose : Fast Light Toolkit, C++ graphical user interface toolkit for X.
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for version 1.1.9 : click here for Patch . This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for version 2.0.x-r4393 : click here for Patch . This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for SVN version 6909 : click here for Patch . This patch includes compile support for 1.x and 2.x for OpenVMS
         Note : Only unix style filenames supported
                    Use "define DECC$FILENAME_UNIX_REPORT ENABLE" before running any fltk based application.
         Other packages required :

fontconfig
         Purpose : Library for configuring and customizing font access.
         click hereto get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 2.3.2 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for version 2.3.93 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

FontForge
         Purpose : An outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master,
                         cff, svg and bitmap (bdf) fonts, or edit existing ones. Also lets you convert one format to another. FontForge
                         has support for many macintosh font formats.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note : Only unix style filenames supported
              Use "define DECC$FILENAME_UNIX_REPORT ENABLE" before running fontforge
         Other packages required:

Freetpe1/2 library
         Purpose : Rendering fonts
         click here to get sources and information

FTGL library
         Purpose : open source library to enable developers to use arbitrary fonts in their OpenGL (www.opengl.org)
                         applications.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 2.1.2 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for SVN version 1205 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Other packages required :
                  -Mesa
                  -Freetype2 library

FTP_NEW
         Purpose : Check an ftp directory or tree for new, changed, or removed files
         click here to get the DCL-script and information

Gawk
         Purpose : Gnu implementation of the Unix awk command
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Last version tested: 3.1.5 (6 December 2005)

GD library
         Purpose : An ANSI C library for the dynamic creation of images
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 2.0.35 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

GDCHART library
         Purpose : Chart and Graphical tool library
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 0.11.5dev : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

gettext
         Purpose : Multiluanguage programming support
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 0.17 : click here for Patch This patch fixes OpenVMS compile support.
         Note : The Make scripts automatically detect that libiconv is installed. If you build gettext without libiconv
                    and install libiconv later, you have to recompile gettext.
         Other packages required:

GGI
         Purpose : General Graphics Interface, reliable, stable and fast graphics system that works everywhere
         click here to get the source distribution and information.
         Patch for version 2.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note 1 : I tested only the proper compilation of libgii and libggi. No runtime tests yet.
          Other packages required:

GhostScript
         Purpose : PostScript/PDF reader/transformer
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         click here to get SVN tar-balls.
         Optional patch for version 8.54 : click here for Patch
         Patch for CVS version of 16 December 2005 : click here for Patch
         Patch for SVN version 7680 : click here for Patch
                                    These patches fix in a OpenVMS way the problem of addressing the
                                    resource data directories with sub directories. Besides the GS_LIB the logical GS$LIB
                                    should be defined in the following way :
                                      $ define/nolog/job/trans=(concealed) gs$lib <device>:[<location_of_gs>.Resource.]
                                    The patch also includes support for zlib1.2.2
         Other packages required:
                  -MMK

GLI
         Purpose : The Graphics Language Interpreter is a complete graphics system that offers a versatile environment for

glib2 library
         Purpose : Gimp Tool Kit glib library
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for SVN version 7436 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for CVS version of 24 May 2006 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note 1 : glib2 should not be used on production machines. Use glib1.x instead.

GLTT library
         Purpose : Imports Truetype fonts into OpenGL environments
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 2.5.2 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS and some
                                                modifications which allow the use of this package together with FTGL
         Other packages required :
                  -Mesa
                  -Freetype1 library
         Last version tested: 2.5.2 (13 September 2005)

GMP
         Purpose : a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers,
                         and floating point numbers.
         click here to get information and source distribution
         click here to get some additional official patches
         Patch for version 4.3.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

gnupatch
         Purpose : takes a patch file containing a difference listing produced by gdiff and applies those differences
                         to one or more original files, producing patched versions.
         click here to get information
         click here to get the VMS distribution
         Optional patch for version 2.5.4 : click here for Patch This patch forces files names to be Unix-style only

Gnuplot
         Purpose : command-driven interactive function plotting program.
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for version 4.2.2 : click here for Patch This patch includes modified compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for version CVS version extracted on 31 January 2008 : click here for Patch This patch includes modified

gnv
         Purpose : bash shell and some unix-like commands for OpenVMS.
         click here to get information and distribution
         Last version tested: 2.1-1 (26 January 2007)

Graphicsmagick
         Purpose : The swiss army knife of image processing. It provides a robust collection of tools and libraries which

grep
         Purpose : Grep searches one or more input files for lines containing a match to a specified pattern.
         click hereto get information and source distribution
         patch for version 2.5.3 : click here for Patch This patch adds updated OpenVMS support
         Other packages required:
                  -gettext
                  -libiconv
         Last version tested: 2.5.3 (7 November 2007)

GSL - GNU Scientific Library
         Purpose : he GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers
         click here to get the source distribution and information

gtk2+ (contains gdk-pixbuf , gdk2 , gtk2 and gdk-pixbuf-xlib)
         Purpose : widgets library
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for SVN version 19047 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for CVS version of 24 May 2006 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note 1 : I only tested the proper compilation/linking. so no runtime checks yet. Use glib1.x on production systems.

gzip
         Purpose : non destructive (de)compression
         click hereto get the source distribution modified for VMS      

HDF4 library
         Purpose : read/write HDF4 images
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         optional patch for version 4.1r5 : click here for Patch This patch sets the compile options is such a way that it is suitable

Hexen
         Purpose : a classical famous HEXEN shooter game.

HGFTP
         Purpose : FTP client/server
         click here to get the source and binary distribution.

HTML::Parser
         Purpose : Perl module. collection of modules that parse and extract information from HTML documents.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

HTML::Tagset
         Purpose : Perl module. data tables useful in dealing with HTML.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

ImageJ
         Purpose : image processing program
         click here to get the information
         click here to get the install- packages and instructions

Imagemagick
         Purpose : Image manipulations
         click here to get the source distribution and information
             Note : I normally get the Unix-distribution and apply the patch below.

Imaging library
         Purpose : Python Imaging Library
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.1.6 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

IMAL
         Purpose : scientific image analysis program that allows you to create, edit, analyze, and produce color prints of images.

Imlib
         Purpose : An image loading and rendering library for X11.
         click hereto get the source distribution.
         patch for version 1.9.15 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note : The VMS patch contains a README.VMS file with installation/configuration instructions.

IO::Zlib
         Purpose : This modules provides an IO:: style interface to the Compress::Zlib package.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.04 : click here for Patch This patch fixes file types in the tests.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

IP::Country
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Jam
         Purpose : Software build tool that makes building simple things simple and building complicated

JANA2000
         Purpose : system for solving and refinement of regular, modulated and composite structures from monocrystal

Jasper library
         Purpose : library to read/write Jpeg2000 images
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.900.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support
         Other packages required:
                  -Jpeg library
         Last version tested : 1.900.1 (30 January 2007)

Jbig library
         Purpose : library to read/write jbig images
         click here to get the source distribution and information.
         patch for version 2.0 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

jbig2dec
         Purpose : decoder implementation of the JBIG2 image compression format.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 0.9 : click here for Patch This patch fixes some OpenVMS problems

JED editor
         Purpose : Text editor, Emulates Emacs EDT etc....
         click here to get information and sources distribution

jgit
         Purpose : pure Java implementation of the git tool - it implements some git features

Jpeg library
         Purpose : library to read/write jpeg images
         click here to get the source distribution
         click here to get information
         optional patch for version 6b : click here for Patch This patch sets the compile options is such a way that it is suitable

Jump
         Purpose : allows a user to login exactly as another user without a password.
         click here to get the source/binary distribution.

LAME
         Purpose : High quality MPEG Audio Layer III (MP3) encoder
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for version 398-2 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         patch for CVS version of 4 June 2009 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         Last versions tested: 1) 398-2 (31 March 2009)

LD
         Purpose : OpenVMS logical disk utility
         click here to get the binary distribution and information
         Last version tested: 9.2 (6 April 2009)

libao
         Purpose : cross-platform audio library that allows programs to output audio using a simple API on a wide

libart-lgpl
         Purpose : library for high-performance 2D graphics.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for SVN version 280 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         Last version tested: SVN version 280 (21 October 2008)

libiconv
         Purpose : provides an iconv() implementation, for use on systems which don't have one, or whose implementation cannot
                         convert from/to Unicode.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.12 : click here for Patch This patch fixes OpenVMS support.
        Other packages required:

libid3tag
         Purpose : tag library for MAD
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 0.15.1b click here for Patch. This patch adds OpenVMS compile support

libiodbc
         Purpose : Open DataBase Connectivity
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 3.52.5 : click here for Patch This patch fixes OpenVMS compile support and sets the compile options in

libmad
         Purpose : support library for MAD
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 0.15.1b click here for Patch. This patch adds OpenVMS compile support

libmspack
         Purpose : A library for Microsoft compression formats
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 20030726 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
        Other packages required:

libnet
         Purpose : collection of Perl modules which provides a simple and consistent programming interface (API) to the client

libpaper
         Purpose : A library providing routines for paper size management.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.1.23+nmu1 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
         Last version tested: 1.1.23+nmu1 (20 March 2009)

libwww-perl
         Purpose : collection is a set of Perl modules which provides a simple and consistent application programming interface to

libXaw3d
         Purpose : The Three-D Athena Toolkit
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.5E : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
        Other packages required:

libxml2
         Purpose : XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project (but usable outside of the Gnome platform).
         click here to get the source distribution and information
        Patch for version 2.7.2 : click here for Patch This patch fixes proper compilation of libxml2 and makes it work with

libXmu
         Purpose : Mixed utilities for X-Windows
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version 6.2.3 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
        Other packages required:

libXrender
         Purpose : Render library for X11
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version 0.9.4 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS support.
        Other packages required:

libxslt
         Purpose : C library developed for the GNOME project. XSLT itself is a an XML language to define transformation

Lucane
         Purpose : free groupware platform written in Java, designed with extensibility in mind.
         click here to get information.
         click here to get the special OpenVMS binary distribution.

LWW-REVERT
         Purpose : Changes file version numbers for multiple versions of files.
         click here to get the source distribution

LZO
         Purpose : portable lossless data compression library.
         click hereto get the source distribution and information.
         patch for version 2.03 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

lzop
         Purpose : file compressor.
         click hereto get the source distribution and information.
         patch for version 1.02rc1 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Other packages required:

MAD
         Purpose : MPEG Audio Decoder
         click here to get more information
         The program consists of:
                  -libid3tag
                  -libmad
                  -madplay

madplay
         Purpose : MPEG Audio Decoder
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 0.15.2b click here for Patch. This patch adds OpenVMS compile support

Mail::SPF::Query
         Purpose : Perl module. Given an envelope sender, Mail::SPF::Query determines the legitimacy of an SMTP client IP.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Mensis
         Purpose : Mensis is not a font creation program, look at Fontforge for that. It is designed as a companion program to FontForge,
                         to take an existing TrueType (OpenType, TrueType Collection) file and allow you to edit some of the tables.
                         This is primarily to provide access to certain features of TrueType that would be awkward to fold into FontForge's UI.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for the CVS version of 4 July 2005 : click here for Patch. This patch adds OpenVMS compile support

Mesa
         Purpose : Opensource OpenGL implementation
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 7.4.4 : click here for Patch. This patch fixes compilation support.

MIME::Base64
         Purpose : Perl module. base64 encoder/decoder and a quoted-printable encoder/decoder.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

MMK
         Purpose : MadGoat Make Utility (compatible with DEC's MMS!)
         click here to get information.
         click here to get the source distribution of version 4,1
         click here to get the source distribution and informatio for version 4.0.

Module::Build
         Purpose : Build and install Perl modules.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 0.2611 : click here for Patch. This patch fixes support for OpenVMS
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Module::CoreList
         Purpose : what modules shipped with versions of perl.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Module::Info
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Mosaic
         Purpose : Web-browser.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Last version tested: 4.2 (26 September 2007)

mpack
         Purpose : Mime (un)packer
         click here to get the source distribution.
         patch for version of 1.6 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

MPFR
         Purpose : C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations with correct rounding.
         click here to get information and source distribution
         Patch for version 2.4.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

MPFUN90
         Purpose : Fortran-90 arbitrary precision package.
         click here to get the source and information distribution.
         patch for version of 23 January 2006 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

mpg123
         Purpose : Fast console MPEG Audio Player.
         click here to get information.
         click here to get the special OpenVMS source and binary distribution.
         patch for version of 0.60 : Remove the lines with SNPRINTF from the build*.com files for OpenVMS 8.x.

Mtools
         Purpose : collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them.
         click here to get the source and information distribution.
         patch for version of 3.9.10 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

MySQL
         Purpose : Open source database.
         click here to get the information distribution.
         click here to get the binary and source distributions.
         Optional patch for version 5.1.23-rc : click here for Patch This patch is only needed when you want to

NetCDF
         Purpose : NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is an interface for array-oriented data access and a library that

Net::CIDR::Lite
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Net::DNS
         Purpose : DNS resolver implemented in Perl.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 0.55 : click here for Patch This patch fixes file syntax for some tests.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Net::Ident
         Purpose : Perl module that looks up the username on the remote side of a TCP/IP connection through the ident (auth/tap)

Net::IP
         Purpose : Perl module, designed to allow easy manipulation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 1.24 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

NOPE
         Purpose : Simulate a PURGE to see what would be deleted.
         click here to get the source distribution

Ogg Vorbis
         Purpose : new audio compression format
         click here to get information and source distribution
         patch for SVN version 15906 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support for both

OpenJPEG
         Purpose : open-source JPEG 2000 codec written in C language.
         click here to get information
         click here to get the sources of the VMS port
         Patch for version v1.3 : click here for Patch This patch is only needed when you want to use OpenJPEG

OpenSSL
         Purpose : Secure Sockets Layer library
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 0.9.8l : click here for Patch. This patch fixes the compile support and sets the compile options

OpenVPN
         Purpose : full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including remote

pango
         Purpose : library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for CVS version of 23 April 2006 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         patch for SVN version of 2583 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note 1 : ignore all linking warnings during creation of the shareable images: They are normal.
             Note 2 : If gnome$root:[share] exists, all shareable images are copied to that location.
         Other packages required :

PDFlib-lite
         Purpose : development tool for PDF-enabling your software, or generating PDF on your server.
         click hereto get information
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version 6.0.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
             Note 1 : I only compiled and tested the C-bindings.

Perl
         Purpose : Perl scripting language interpreter
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         click here to get a binary distribution of an older version made by HP
         Note 1 : 1 test fails in version 5.8.7
         Note 2 : 4 tests fail in version 5.9.2
         Note 3 : 4 tests fail in version 5.9.3
         Note 4 : I noticed that more test fail on an ODS5 disk using extended filenames.
         Last versions tested: 1) 5.8.7 (5 July 2005)

pixman
         Purpose : Pixman contains lowlevel pixel manipulation routines.
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version of 0.9.5 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS.
         patch for version extracted with jgit on 10 November 2009 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS.

PLATON
         Purpose : Cystallographic Structure Calculations.
         click here to get information
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version of 270306 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS.

Pfaedit
         Pfaedit has a new name. It is now called:FontForge

PNG library
         Purpose : read/write PNG images
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         optional patch for version 1.2.40 : click here for Patch This patch sets the compile options is such a way that it is suitable

Pod::Escapes
         Purpose : Perl module for resolving Pod E<...> sequences.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Pod::Simple
         Purpose : the module-suite for parsing Pod.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Porting library
         Purpose : library to make it easy to port software to OpenVMS
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Optional patches : dlfcn.h gives in some rare cases a clash with the system provided one. To be on the safe side replace it
                                                  with the one downloaded from here. (for OpenVMS 7.x)
                                       vms_jackets.h  solves a problem with c++ compiler version 7.x
                                       For OpenVMS 8.2 and later : remove after installation the following files :
                                             DLFCN.H, GRP.H, POLL.H, UTIME.H
         Last version tested: A9 (17 October 2003)

POV-Ray
         Purpose : The Persistence of Vision Raytracer is a high-quality, totally free tool for creating stunning

PrBoom
         Purpose : culmination of years of work by various people and projects on the Doom source code.

Python
         Purpose : Python interpreter
         click hereto get the information.
         click here to get related OpenVMS information including a binary distribution.
         click here to get for the source distribution for OpenVMS
         Patch for version 2.5.2 : click here for Patch This patch enables the use of other packages on this page together with
               the source distribution.

RasMol
         Purpose : displays molecular structure.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 26b2 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS support.
         Last version tested:   26b2 ( 3 November 2004)

Razor-agents
         Purpose : distributed, collaborative, spam detection and filtering network.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 2.77 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

Readline
         Purpose : provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as
                         they are typed in.
         click hereto get the information.
         click here to get for the source distribution for OpenVMS
        Last version tested: 5.2 (14 October 2008)
                                            -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

REMIND
         Purpose : Simple reminder utility.
         click here to get the source/binary distribution and information

REMIND-DCL
         Purpose : A simple reminder system.
         click here to get the DCL-procedures and information

renderproto
         Purpose : Header files for the libXrender package.
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version 0.9.3 : click here for Patch This patch fixes some OpenVMS problems

SDL
         Purpose : Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low

SDL_IMAGE
         Purpose : SDL_image is an image loading library that is used with the SDL library, and almost as portable.

SDL_GFX
         Purpose : SDL graphics drawing primitives and other support functions wrapped up in an addon library for

SDL_MIXER
         Purpose : Sound mixing library that is used with the SDL library, and almost as portable.
         click here to get information
         click here to get the sources of the VMS port
         Patch for version 1.2.8b : click here for Patch This patch is only needed when you want to use SDL_MIXER

SDL_NET
         Purpose : SDL_net is a network library that is used with the SDL library, and almost as portable. It allows

SDL_TTF
         Purpose : SDL_ttf is a TrueType font rendering library that is used with the SDL library, and almost

sed
         Purpose : GNU implementation of unix sed
         click here to get the source distribution
         patch for version 4.1.5 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support and fixes
                   many compilation problems

ed.exe.
        Other packages required:

                  -gettext

                  -libiconv
         Last version tested: 4.1.5 (7 November 2007)

                                             -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

sginfo
         Purpose : A comprehensive Collection of ANSI C Routines for the Handling of Space Group Symmetry.
         click here to get the source- and binary distributions and information
         Optional patch for version 1.01 : click here for Patch This patch is compulsory when compiling sginfo on an
                                                              ODS5 disk.
         Last version tested: 1.0.1 (10 November 2003)

                                                    -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1

Smartalloc
         Purpose : Smart Memory Allocation With Orphaned Buffer Detection.
         click here to get the source distributions and information
         Patch : click here for Patch This patch adds OpenVMS compile support.
         Last version tested on 24 July 2008

                                                    -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

SoX
         Purpose : command line utility that can convert various formats of computer audio files in to other formats.
         click here to get the source- and binary distributions and information
         Patch for version 12.17.4 : click here for Patch This patch adds OpenVMS compile support.
         Patch for CVS version of 6 July 2005 : click here for Patch This patch adds OpenVMS compile support.
         Last versions tested: 1) 12.17.4 (28 January 2004)

                                                    -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1
                                           2) CVS version extracted on 6 July 2005

                                                    -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2

Superflip
         Purpose : computer program for application of the charge-flipping algorithm to structure solution of crystal

                         structures from diffraction data.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         Other packages required :
                  -fftw (version 3.x)

         Last version tested on 24 July 2007

                                                   -using HP Fortran V8.0-1-104669-48GBT, HP C V7.3-009 and CXML V5.2-1 on

                                                    OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

SVNKit
         Purpose : pure Java toolkit - it implements all Subversion features and provides APIs to work with Subversion

                         working copies, access and manipulate Subversion repositories -

                         everything within your Java application.
         click here to get the source/binary distributions and information.

         Last versions tested: 1) 1.1.8 (1.1.8.4406) (27 June 2008)

                                                   -using JAVA 1.5-3 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

                                            2) 1.3.1 (1.3.1.6109) (17 September 2009)

                                                   -using JAVA 1.5-5 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

                                            3) 1.3.0-beta3 (1.3.0.5821) (13 May 2009)

                                                   -using JAVA 1.5-5 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

SWIG
         Purpose : SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety
                  of high-level programming languages.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.3.36 : click here for Patch This updates OpenVMS compile support.

         patch for SVN version 10893 : click here for Patch This updates OpenVMS compile support.
        Other packages required:

                  -bison

         Last version tested: 1) 1.3.36 (1 October 2008)

                                                 -using HP C V7.3-009 and HP C++ V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3
                                           2) SVN version 10893 (23 October 2008)

                                                 -using HP C V7.3-009 and HP C++ V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Swish-e
         Purpose : Simple Web Indexing System for Humans - Enhanced.
         click here to get information
         click here to get the source and binary distributions
         Optional patch for version 2.4.2 : click here for Patch This patch makes swish-e compile with the other

                                                                libraries from this page.

         Other packages required:

                  -Z library

                  -libxml2
                  -libiconv
         Last version tested: 2.4.2 (19 October 2008)

                                                 -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Sys::Hostname::Long
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

         Last version tested: 1.4 (20 February 2006)
                                                -on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2

S-language library
         Purpose : Implements multi platform S-language
         click here to get information and sources
         patch for version of 2.1.4 : click here for Patch This patch fixes the OpenVMS compile support.
         Last versions tested: 1) 2.1.4 (23 April 2009)

                                                   -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3
                                           2) pre2-r8.2 (20 April 2005)

                                                   -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2
                                           3) SVN version 372 (14 September 2009)

                                                   -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

TCL/TK
         Purpose : Tool Command Language with graphical interface.
         click here to get information
         click here to get a special VMS source distribution
         Optional patch for version 8.4.19 : click here for Patch
                    This patch make the package useable with the other packegaes from this page.
         Optional patch for version 8.5.4 : click here for Patch
                    This patch make the package useable with the other packegaes from this page.
         Note : The special VMS package includes Tix.
         Last versions tested: 1) 8.4.19 (27 October 2008)

                                                     -using HP C V7.3-009 and DECWindows 1.6ECO3 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

                                         2) 8.5.4 (28 October 2008)

                                                     -using HP C V7.3-009 and DECWindows 1.6ECO3 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

tcsh
         Purpose : C shell with file name completion and command line editing.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 6.14.00 : click here for Patch
         Patch for version 6.16.00 : click here for Patch
         Note 1 : You have to define the path to include /gnu/bin to get access to the utilities of GNV.
                        i.e.
                               a) $ define path "/gnu/bin"
                                         before starting tcsh.
                            or
                               b) set path=/gnu/bin
                                         in the tcsh startup files or the first command given.
         Note 2 : The file completion is not working properly.

         Note 3 : The cursor keys are still managed by VMS.

         Note 4 : tcsh exists after execution of a script issued from the command prompt.

                       A script called from the tcsh command lines stops after calling the first script.

                       Scripts called from other scripts function as expected. I Have no clue at the

                       moment how to solve this problem.
         Note 5 : 6.14.00 works better than 6.16.00.

         Other packages required:

                  -sed

                  -grep
                  -gnv

                  -Porting library

         Last versions tested: 1) 6.14.00 (11 October 2005)

                                                       -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2
                                          2) 6.16.00 (24 March 2009)

                                                       -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Ted
         Purpose : A RTF editor
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 2.14 : click here for Patch
         patch for version 2.16 : click here for Patch
         Note : Remove [.Appframe]vms_x_fix.h from the distribution.
         Other packages required:
                  -Porting library
                  -Tiff library
                  -Jpeg library
                  -PNG library
                  -vms_x_fix.h

         Last versions tested: 1) 2.14 (9 April 2003)

                                                   -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1
                                           2) 2.16 (17 August 2004)

                                                   -using Compaq C V6.5-001 and DECWindows 1.3-1 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2

Test::Pod
         Purpose : Perl module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

                  -Pod::Simple
                  -Test::Simple

         Last version tested: 1.24 (14 February 2006)

                                                -on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2

Test::Simple
         Purpose : Perl module. basic utilities for writing tests.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

         Last version tested: 0.62 (14 February 2006)

                                                -on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2

Text::Diff
         Purpose : Perl Text difference module.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 0.35 : click here for Patch This patch fixes file syntax in the tests.
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

                  -Algorithm::Diff

         Last version tested: 0.35 (14 February 2006)

                                                -on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2

Tiff library
         Purpose : library to read/write Tiff images
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 3.9.2 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS and configures

                  Tiff to optionally use jpeg compression and  sets the compile options is such a way that it is suitable to be
                  used with other packages on this page.
         Patch for version 4.0.0beta5 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS and configures
                   Tiff to optionally use jpeg compression and  sets the compile options is such a way that it is suitable to be
                  used with other packages on this page.
         Other packages required:
                  -Jpeg library
                  -Z library
         Last versions tested:  1) v3.9.2 (19 November 2009)

                                                  -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

                                            2) v4.0.0beta5 (19 November 2009)

Tix
         Purpose : Tk Interface eXtension, is a powerful set of user interface components that expands the capabilities of

touch
         Purpose : Simple tool to manipulate access dates of files. I original got this tool from the DECUS FORTOOLS,
                             which I cannot find on the net anymore.
         click here to get the source and binary distribution distribution.
         Last version compiled on 12 June 1996.

T1Lib
         Purpose : library written in C which implements functions for generating bitmaps from Adobe Type 1 fonts.
         click here to get the source distribution.
         Optional patch for version 5.1.2 : click here for Patch. This patch makes the building more automatic and

Ungif library
         Purpose : library to read/write GIF images
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 4.1.4 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

uninameslist library
         Purpose : A Library of Unicode annotation data
         click hereto get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 20050712 :click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support

UnZip
         Purpose : extraction utility for archives compressed in .zip format
         click here to get information and the source distribution
         click here to get the Beta versions.
         Last version tested: 1) 6.0 (8 May 2009)

Uri
         Purpose : Perl module. the URI.pm module with friends.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note 1 : Building on an ODS5 disk fails.
         Other packages required:
                  -Perl

VILE
         Purpose : vi with lots of extras. A program to get OpenVMS ignorants getting to work on the system.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Patch for version 9.5 : click here for Patch

VMSTAR
         Purpose : Read/write UN*X tar files under VMS (with ODS-5 support).
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         click here to get the source distribution of the beta-version
         Patch for version 3.4-1 : click here for Patch

Visual Tcl
         Purpose : freely-available, high-quality application development environment.
         click here to get information
         click here to get a special VMS source distribution
         Other packages required:

VMS_MAILVIRUS_SCAN
         Purpose : Checks incoming mail on known viruses.
         click here to get the distribution

vms_x_fix.h
         Purpose : Corrects case for many library routines when compiling C/C++ programs with /name=(as_is,short)
         click here to get the file. Place it in a directory to which SYS$LIBRARY points.

VRweb
         Purpose : vrml viewer
         click here to get the original source
         click here to get the source modified for OpenVMS

WASD
         Purpose : VMS Hypertext Services
         click here to get the source distribution and information
          Last versions tested: 9.3.0 (29 April 2008)
                                                    -using Compaq HP C V7.3-009 and HP SSL V1.3-281 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Wget
         Purpose : free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP

wxWidgets
         Purpose : The open source, cross-platform native UI framework
         click here to get the source distribution and information
             Note1 : On OpenVMS both wxGTK, wxMOTIF, wxX11, wxGTK2 can be compiled.

wxWindows
         Purpose : Platform independent windows library in C++
         click here to get the source distribution and information
             Note1 : On OpenVMS both wxGTK and wxMOTIF can be compiled.
             Note2 : Since some companies claim normal words as trademarks and governments are so stupid to allow them,
                          wxWindows ceased to exist. wxWidgets is its successor.
         Other packages required :

XANES
         Purpose : X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structure calculation.
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version of 06.2002.08 : click here for Patch This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS

Xautolock
         Purpose : Starts a process when a X-window is idle for some time
         click here to get the information.
         click here to get the source distribution.
         Patch for version 2.2: click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         Other packages required :

XForms
         Purpose : GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version extracted from the CVS at 6 January 2004 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS
                   compile support.

Xft
         Purpose : provides a client-side font API for X applications.
         click hereto get the source distribution.
         patch for version 2.1.7 : click here for Patch. This patch includes compile support for OpenVMS
         Other packages required :

Xlockmore
         Purpose : Screen saver/locker for DecWindows
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         Note1 : Xlockmore automatically detects which compilers and optinal packages are installed. It builds a version depending
                   on this information
         Note2 : Xlockmore needs Xautolock to start when the X-server is idle for some time

xmlf90
         Purpose : An XML parser in Fortran
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.2g : click here for Patch This adds compile support for OpenVMS
         Last version tested:  1.2g (23 February 2005)
                                                   -using Compaq C V6.5-001, HP Fortran V7.6-3276-48D52 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-2

Xpaint
         Purpose : color image editing tool which features most standard paint program options. It allows for the editing of
                        multiple images simultaneously and supports various formats, including PPM, XBM, TIFF, etc.
         click here to get information
         click here to get the source distribution
         Patch for version of 2.7.8.1 : click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         Note 1 : To run xpaint one has to define the logical XPAINT$SHARE pointing to the [.share] directory of the xpaint
                       sources: i.e.
                                  define/job/trans=(concealed) xpaint$share $disk:[local.xpaint.share.]
         Other packages required :

Xpdf
         Purpose : Pdf viewer
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 3.02pl3 : click here for Patch This patch updates the compile support for OpenVMS
        Other packages required:

                                                       -using HP C V7.3-009 HP C++ V7.3-009 and DECWindows 1.6ECO3 on
                                                         OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

XPM library
         Purpose : read/write XPM images
         click here to get the source distribution
         Patch for version 3.5.7 : click here for Patch This patch include OenVMS compile support.

         Last version tested: 3.5.7 (10 November 2008)

                                                      -using HP C V7.3-009 and DECWindows 1.6ECO3 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Xtal
         Purpose : A reasonably comprehensive, modular suite of software oriented primarily towards small molecule

                            crystallography (with a smattering of powder and charge density work).
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 3.7.2 : click here for Patch This patch fixes many small problems and includes an OpenVMS descrip.mms.
         Note : The TCL/TK part is probably not working correctly.
         Other packages required :

                      -Mesa

                      -libXmu

                      -TCL/TK
                      -Porting library

         Last version tested: 3.7.2 (1 December 2005)

                                              -using HP Fortran V8.0-104655-48F7C, HP C V7.1-015 and DECWindows 1.5 on

                                                   OpenVMS Alpha V8.2

xteddy
         Purpose : Puts a pet on the screen
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 2.0.2 : click here for Patch This patch includes OPenVMS compile support and adds the -random
                   command line option.

             Note : xteddy searches [], SYS$COMMON:[xteddy] and XTEDDY$DIR for images if no full path is given. .
         Other packages required :

                  -Imlib

                  -vms_x_fix.h

                  -Porting library

         Last version tested: 2.0.2 (4 September 2003)

                                              -using Compaq C V6.5-001 and DECWindows 1.3 on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3-1

xv
         Purpose : interactive image manipulation program.
         click here to get the source distribution and information

         Jumbo patch should be applied : click here to get the patch and informarion.

         patch for version 3.10a version : click here for Patch This patch fixes OpenVMS compile support

         packages required :

                  -Jasper library

                  -Jpeg library

                  -PNG library

                  -Tiff library

                  -Z library

                  -GhostScript

                  -gzip

         Last versions tested: 3.10a_jumbopatch (22 January 2008)

                                                      -using HP C V7.3-009 and DECWindows 1.6ECO2 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

XZ Utils
         Purpose : free general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio.

         click here to get information and the source distribution.
         patch for version 4.999.9beta : click here for Patch. This patch include compile support for OpenVMS.
         patch for git version of 22 September 2009: click here for Patch. This patch include compile support for OpenVMS.
         Other packages required :
                  -gettext
                  -libiconv

          Last version tested: 1) 4.999.9beta (14 September 2009)

                                                      -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

                                          2) extracted using jgit on 25 September 2009

                                                      -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Ygl
         Purpose : (partial) gl emulation
          click here to get the source distribution.
         patch for version 4.2f: click here for Patch This patch includes OpenVMS compile support.
         Other packages required :

                  -Mesa

                  -vms_x_fix.h

         Last version tested: 4.2f (14 September 2009)

                                                    -using HP C V7.3-009 and DECWindows 1.6ECO5 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Z library
         Purpose : Z-(de)compression
         click here to get the source distribution and information
         patch for version 1.2.3 : click here for Patch This patch updates the OpenVMS compile support.
         Last version tested: 1.2.3 (15 August 2005)

                                                   -using Compaq C V6.5-001 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.2

Zip
         Purpose : compression and file packaging/archive utility.
         click here to get information and source & binary distributions
         Last versions tested: 1) 3.0 (28 October 2008)

                                                    -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

                                           2) 3.1b BETA (8 May 2009)

                                                    -using HP C V7.3-009 on OpenVMS Alpha V8.3

Other sources of free available OpenVMS software: