Platform X: Software Available on VM
Standard Research Software on VM
All Platform X VMs are delivered with the following software
- AzCopy
- Azure CLI
- Azure Storage Explorer
- Git for Windows
- Python (3.x)
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Office 2021
- R/RStudio
- Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Linux
- AzCopy
- Azure CLI
- Azure Storage Explorer
- Google Chrome
- LibreOffice
- Python (3.x)
- R/RStudio
- Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Note: In addition to the standard software, the following System Administration Tools and Packages either come embedded within the Operating System or are installed by default
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- curl
- default-jdk
- default-jre
- git
- htop
- python (3.x)
- tmux
- vim
- wget
- xrdp
Additional Software Available
Below is listed some of the available software options for your virtual machine. If you have a Platform X account, you can view a more complete list through the Control Panel (Service Catalog > VM Software Catalog). If a package indicates that it is not available for your OS of choice, please talk to us; if supported, we can add that capability for you.
| Current software catalog | |||
| Software | Windows | Linux | |
| 3D Slicer | No | Yes | |
| 7-zip | Yes | Yes | |
| AMIDE | Yes | Yes | |
| anaconda | Yes | No | Available as a self install |
| miniconda | Yes | Yes | Available as a self install |
| ArcGIS Enterprise | No | Yes | |
| ArcGIS Pro | Yes | No | |
| ArcGIS StreetMap Premium | Yes | No | |
| AzCopy (Ubuntu) | No | Yes | |
| Azure CLI (Ubuntu) | No | Yes | |
| Azure Data Studio | Yes | Yes | |
| Azure Storage Explorer | Yes | Yes | |
| Chrome | Yes | Yes | |
| BGInfo | Yes | No | |
| Bruno | Yes | No | |
| Chocolatey | Yes | No | |
| Cisco Secure Endpoint | Yes | Yes | |
| Conky | No | Yes | |
| dos2unix | No | Yes | |
| Edge | Yes | No | |
| emacs | No | Yes | |
| Firefox | Yes | Yes | |
| FreeSurfer | No | Yes | |
| FSL | No | Yes | |
| Git for Windows | Yes | No | |
| Huggingface Hosted Models | Yes | Yes | AI models that can be used |
| imagej | Yes | Yes | |
| Java Azul Zulu | Yes | No | |
| Java Open JDK 11 | No | Yes | |
| Jupyter Notebook | Yes | Yes | |
| JupyterLab | Yes | Yes | |
| LibreOffice | No | Yes | Microsoft Office equivalent for Linux |
| libsecret | No | Yes | |
| make2010 | Yes | No | |
| MATLAB | Yes | Yes | |
| Microsoft Office | Yes | No | |
| Microsoft Power BI | Yes | No | |
| mricon | No | Yes | |
| ncdu | No | Yes | |
| notepad++ | Yes | No | |
| NVIDIA GPU Driver | Yes | Yes | |
| octexplorer | Yes | No | |
| orange | Yes | No | |
| perl | Yes | Yes | |
| pgAdmin | Yes | Yes | |
| Prometheus Node Exporter (Ubuntu) | No | Yes | |
| Prometheus Node Exporter (Windows) | Yes | No | |
| PyCharm | Yes | Yes | |
| Python 3 | Yes | Yes | |
| qgis | Yes | Yes | |
| qualys | Yes | Yes | |
| R | Yes | Yes | |
| RStudio Desktop | Yes | Yes | |
| SAS | Yes | No | |
| Sqitch | No | Yes | |
| sqlite3 | No | Yes | |
| Stat/Transfer | Yes | No | |
| Stata | Yes | Yes | |
| tomcat | No | Yes | |
| tree | No | Yes | |
| VSCode (Ubuntu) | No | Yes | |
| VSCode (Windows) | Yes | No | |
| xrdp | No | Yes | |
The software I need isn't part of the current software catalog. Can I get it added?
If your project needs software not yet part of our software catalog, there may be some opportunities where we can work with you to get that installed. As Platform X is a protected environment, you have limited ability to install software yourselves. To have software evaluated please complete the steps below. Note that new software requests are not able to be guaranteed and can take up to several months to be evaluated.
- Reach out to security@med.wisc.edu to evaluate the safety of the proposed software.
- Contact the Platform X support team via the: Platform X Support portal with the below information.
- Name and version of software (please indicate if version is flexible).
- Verification from the security team that this software is safe to install.
- Importance of your use of this software in your research (critical to central aim of research v. nice to have).
- Scale of use of this software within your research (whole lab will be using v. one specialist will be using).
Installing Conda on Windows or Linux
Not sure if you need Miniconda or Anaconda? Check out conda documentation for how to choose.
Windows
- Navigate to Miniconda Downloads or Anaconda Downloads on a browser locally (not vm)
- Find the version you wish to install, for this example we will used Windows 64-bit. Right click on the Miniconda for Windows 64-bit link and select copy link address
- Open a browser on your VM and paste the copy linked address into the address bar and press return.
- Once downloaded, navigate to the file and open
- Select the defaults and choose install
- Once installation is complete deselect the Getting Started checkboxes and select next and finish.
Linux
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Download the installer:
- Miniconda installer for Linux
- Anaconda installer for Linux -
In your terminal window, run:
Miniconda:
bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
Anaconda:
bash Anaconda-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
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Follow the prompts on the installer screens. If you are unsure about any setting, accept the defaults. You can change them later.
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To make the changes take effect, close and then re-open your terminal window.
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Test your installation. In your terminal window or Anaconda Prompt, run the command
conda list
A list of installed packages appears if it has been installed correctly.
Help with VM software
If you're having issues starting software, please open a request in our service portal. Sorry, we cannot instruct you on the proper use of the software.