Software provision
Some software, such as MS Office, will be installed as standard on all virtual machines (VMs) inside your Virtual Research Environment (VRE). But most software will be made available via Software Center for you to install yourself. For details on how to install software via Software Center and how to request new software, see our Install Software page.
Software list
Here is a full list of software available for installation in LASER VREs. This list does not include additional software that may be provided via conda environments or package repositories.
List last updated: 2025-10-09
| List of software available in LASER |
|---|
| Adobe Acrobat Reader 2025 |
| Alteryx 2021 with R unlicenced |
| Amazon Java8u232 |
| Cran Project R 4.5.0 x64 |
| CRANProject_R-4.4.0_x64_PKG |
| Git v 2.51 x64 |
| Google Chrome |
| HRG4+_202425_National-Costs-Grouper |
| IBM Data Access 8 X64 |
| IBM SPSS 29 x64 |
| IBM SPSS 31 |
| IBM SPSS Datadriver Standalone |
| JASP V0.19 x64 |
| Microsoft Data Migration Assistant 5.5.3 |
| Microsoft PowerBI |
| Microsoft PowerBI Desktop 2.131 |
| Microsoft SQLODBC 2018 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.103.0 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio Code v1.104 (2025) |
| Miniconda 3 x86 |
| Mixtex 4.2 x64 |
| Mplus_8.5_X64_LASER_PKG |
| MS_SQL_STUDIO_21_x64_PKG |
| Netbeans |
| Notepad ++ 8.8.1 |
| Nvivo 14.23 |
| OLYMPUS DSS PlayerLite |
| Optimum_ProCore_2.0_x64-PKG |
| postgresql-13.2-2-windows-x64-PKG |
| PyCharm |
| QGIS |
| QSR Nvivo 14 |
| Rapid 7 |
| Rstudio 2025 x64 |
| SAS 9.4 TS1 M8 |
| Stata 19 |
| SPSS 30 |
| Tableau |
| SQL Server Management Studio 18 |
| Texmaker 5.1.2 |
| Velociraptor-0.7.1.1_x64_PKG |
| Visual Studio Professional 2015 |
| VLC |
| VS Build Tools November 2024 |
| Zotero |