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Requested ITS Classroom and Lab Software for Spring 2023

updated: 04/24/2023

Notes:

CLISP

  1. Licensing: GNU General Public License
  2. Version: 2.49
  3. Installer: clisp-2.49-win32-mingw-big
  4. Instructions:
    1. Run the installer
    2. Choose Install for All users and accept the remaining default component options.
    3. Choose Destination Folder, Menu Folder (usually defaults)
    4. Done with install and configuration.
  5. Size: 30 MB
  6. Location: QBB 102, 104, 106, 114, 116, 132, 150, 200 (149 computers).

GitHub Desktop Client

  1. Version: 3.2.2
  2. Installer: GitHubDesktopSetup-x64.exe
  3. Instructions:
    1. Run installer.
    2. Accept the defaults
    3. Done with install
  4. Size: 456 MB
  5. Location: QBB 102, 104, 106, 114, 116, 132, 150, Library 14, 118.

Zulu OpenJDK 11 LTS (Java)

  1. Licensing: Open Source
  2. Version:
  3. Installer:
  4. Instructions:
    1. Run the installer
    2. Add the location “C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-11\bin” to the Path environment variable.
    3. Done with install and configuration.
  5. Size:
  6. Location: QBB 102, 104, 106, 114, 116, 132, 150, 200, WDC 92, Library 14, 118.

Apache NetBeans

  1. Licensing: Apache License 2.0
  2. Version:
  3. Installer:
  4. Instructions:
    1. Run the installer
    2. Accept the default install location.
    3. Set path to JDK to C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-11\bin
    4. Start NetBeans by running “C:\Program Files\netbeans\bin\netbeans64.exe”. Also creates a start menu shortcut.
    5. Go to the Tools → Plugins → Available Plugins menu and select JavaFX Implementation for Windows, Editor :: Autosave, and the nb-javac Java editing support library plugins. Click Install.
    6. Go to the Tools → Options → Java Platforms menu and be sure the Java Platform points to Zulu 11 (C:\Program Files\Zulu\zulu-11\bin) folder you installed earlier.
    7. Exit Netbeans.
    8. Done with install and configuration.
  5. Size: 720 MB
  6. Location: QBB 102, 104, 106, 114, 116, 132, 150, 200, WDC 92, Library 14, 118 & FLC 120.

Putty

  1. Licensing: Open source and distributed under the MIT license.
  2. Version: 0.78
  3. Installer: putty-64bit-0.78-installer.msi
  4. Instructions:
    1. Run the installer
    2. Accept the default component options.
    3. Done with install and configuration.
  5. Size: 4 MB
  6. Location: QBB 102, 104, 106, 114, 116, 132, 150, Library 14, 118.

X2Go

  1. Licensing: GNU General Public License
  2. Version: 4.1.2.2 (64bit)
  3. Installer: x2goclient-4.1.2.2-2020.02.13-setup.exe
  4. Instructions:
    1. Run the installer
    2. Accept the default component options.
    3. Choose Destination Folder, Menu Folder (usually use th defaults)
    4. Firewall can be configured to only connect to NDUS networks and NDSU 10.248.0.0/16 & 10.134.0.0/16 internal networks.
    5. Done with install and configuration.
  5. Size: 55 MB
  6. Location: QBB 102, 104, 106, 114, 116, 132, 150, FLC 120, Library 14, Morrill 111, WDC 4