In general, Yellow Dog Linux ships with a variety of programming tools, including languages, compilers, and Integrated Development Environments (IDE):
IBM SDK
The run time environment of the open portion of the IBM Cell SDK is with Yellow Dog Linux installed by default. The open Cell SDK developer tools may be installed via yum or found in the RPMs directory of the Install DVD. The commercial portion of the IBM SDK for RHEL is binary compatible with Yellow Dog Linux v6.x and will function without major issues.
IBM offers a set of sample codes built upon the Cell SDK.
Programming languages
- C/C++
- Fortran
- Python
- Perl
- Java (via GCC)
- For a complete list, view our Included Apps database.
Compilers
- gcc which provides C, C++, Fortran, and Java and the associated libraries.
- (see IBM SDK above)
- IBM Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Engine (JRE) are available on-line.
- For a complete list, view our Included Apps database.
IDEs
- Eclipse, an open development platform.
- ddd, Data Display Debugger.
- glade, GUI design tool.
- vim, advanced text editor.
- For a complete list, view our Included Apps database.
