# gnu-scientific-library ## Summary + **Module Name:** gsl + **Support Level:** Secondary Support + **Software Access Level:** Open Access + **Home Page:** [https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/](https://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) ## Software Description From the GNU website: \"The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers. It is free software under the GNU General Public License. The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting. There are over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite.\" ## General Linux To load this module for use in a Linux environment, you can run the command: module load gsl Depending on where you are working, there may be more than one version of gsl available. To see which modules are available for loading you can run: module avail gsl