Site-Licensed Software
The university currently has a site license for the following pieces of commercial software. This means that the software can be installed on any university-owned machine on campus. Please contact the ITS Help Desk if you would like to have any of the following installed on your university-owned computer.
- Chem Bio Office
- ESRI ArcGIS Desktop
- Mathematica
- Matlab
- Microsoft Office
- Minitab
- SAS
- Read&Write Gold
- Texthelp Web Apps
As a current student or faculty/staff member of UNC Asheville you have access to select software titles either free or at significant discounts. Please note that this software is for personal (home) use and should not be installed on university-owned computers. ITS does not support personal equipment or software.
| Title | Cost | How do I get it? |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Products | Discount | Download from vendor portal. Requires an @unca.edu email address. |
| ESRI ArcGIS Desktop | FREE | Faculty request through vendor portal. Requests on behalf of students must be made by a faculty/instructor using their @unca.edu address. |
| Mathematica | FREE | Download from vendor portal. Requires an @unca.edu email address. Students click here. Faculty/staff click here. |
| Matlab | FREE | Instructions and download - Windows. Instructions and download - Mac OSX. Requires @unca.edu account sign-in. Installation media can also be checked out from the Circulation Desk in Ramsey Library |
| Microsoft Office/Windows | Discount | Download from vendor portal. Requires an @unca.edu email address. |
| Minitab | FREE | Instructions and download. Requires @unca.edu account sign-in. Installation media can also be checked out from the Circulation Desk in Ramsey Library. |
| SAS | FREE | Instructions and download. Requires @unca.edu account sign-in. Installation media can also be checked out from the Circulation Desk in Ramsey Library. |
| Read&Write Gold | FREE | Instructions and download - Windows. Instructions and download - Mac OSX. Requires @unca.edu account sign-in. |
| Read&Write Web and web based applications | FREE | Instructions. Requires @unca.edu account sign-in. |
Standard Software
The following software is installed on all Faculty, Staff, Lab, and Classroom computers by default.
Windows
| Application | Description |
|---|---|
| 7-zip | Compression Utility |
| Adobe AIR | System Utility |
| Adobe Media Player | Media Player |
| Adobe Reader | PDF Reader |
| Adobe SVG Viewer | Image Viewer |
| Audacity | Audio Editor |
| Authorware Player | Browser Plugin |
| CD Burner XP | CD/DVD Authoring |
| CutePDF | PDF Writer |
| elluminate Live Download | Web Conferencing |
| FileZilla | FTP Client |
| Flash Player | Browser Plugin |
| GOM | Media Player |
| Google Chrome | Web Browser |
| Google Earth | Virtual Globe |
| Internet Explorer | Web Browser |
| IrfanView | Image Viewer |
| iTunes | Media Player |
| Java JRE | System Utility |
| K-Lite Codecs | Media Utility |
| Microsoft Office Professional | Productivity Suite |
| Microsoft Security Essentials | Security Suite |
| Mozilla Firefox | Web Browser |
| OpenOffice | Productivity Suite |
| Paint.NET | Image Editor |
| PuTTY | Telnet/SSH Client |
| QuickTime | Media Player |
| RealPlayer | Media Player |
| Roxio Creator | CD/DVD Authoring |
| Shockwave Player | Browser Plugin |
| SSHWin | SSH Client |
| Trend OfficeScan | Security Suite |
| VLC | Media Player |
| Windows Media Player | Media Player |
| WinSCP | SFTP Client |
| XnView | Image Viewer |
MacOS
| Application | Description |
|---|---|
| Firefox | Web Browser |
| Flip4Mac | Browser Plugin |
| Google Chrome | Web Browser |
| iLife | Productivity/Creativity Suite |
| iWork | Productivity Suite |
| Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) | Productivity Suite |
| Preview | PDF Viewer |
| Quicktime | Media Player |
| Safari | Web Browser |
| Sophos Anti-Virus | Security Suite |
Last edited by jbrown@unca.edu on March 28, 2013
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