Physics and Astronomy Network Infrastructure and Computing

PANIC makes a wide variety of software available pre-installed on unix and windows computers. Some additional software is available via campus site-license for installation for free or for a nominal fee. A list of this software may be found at https://software.unc.edu/available.php . If you are interested in site-licensed software, please contact PANIC for ordering instructions or more information.

If you believe you need additional software which is not presently available, please follow these suggestions prior to contacting PANIC:

• Consult the Available Software (coming soon!) section of this website to ensure that similar software is not already provided to you free of charge.
• Browse any of the archives of free software on the internet to see if a free alternative exists.
• Ask commercial software vendors if they offer an educational/academic discount

Submit a request for installation of additional software to PANIC only after you have exhausted all of the suggestions above. The requesting faculty member is usually responsible for supplying funds to purchase as many licenses as are needed.

Commercial software installed on Departmental computers without proper registration information and/or documentation (receipts and/or original media) may be removed without notice. Users are encouraged to allow PANIC to track software purchases. If the user declines, the burden of proof falls to the user.