LinuxLinks.com
Newbies What Next ? News Forums Calendar
News Sections
Home
General News (3965/2)
Reviews (626/0)
Press Releases (463/17)
Distributions (184/7)
Software (593/17)
Hardware (518/0)
Security (192/1)
Tutorials (317/0)
Off Topic (175/0)


User Functions
Username:

Password:

Don't have an account yet? Sign up as a New User

Events
There are no upcoming events



gretl

gretl

The GNU Regression, Econometric and Time-Series Library (gretl) is a software package for econometric analysis. It has a graphical user interface and can be used together with X-12-ARIMA, TRAMO/SEATS, and R.

The package consists of libgretl (a shared library) which provides various functions relating to econometric estimation, a command-line client program, and a graphical user interface built using GTK+.

Libgretl is based on ESL, a standalone console based econometrics program.

 gretl 1.7.9

Price
Free to download

Size
5.9MB
License

GNU GPL

Developer
Allin Cottrell, Riccardo Lucchetti

Website
gretl.sourceforge.net

System Requirements
GTK+
libxml
lapack
fftw3
gnuplot
readline
GMP

Support Sites:
gretl Manual, Mailing Lists, Gretl-users Archives, Using gretl for Principles of Econometrics, 3rd edition, gretlWeb, Assessing gretl's accuracy

Selected Reviews:
Journal of Statistical Software, Wiley InterScience

Features include:

  • Easy, intuitive interface 
  • Wide variety of estimators: least squares, maximum likelihood, GMM; single-equation and system methods
  • Time series methods: ARMA, GARCH, VARs and VECMs, unit-root and cointegration tests, etc.
  • Output models as LaTeX files, in tabular or equation format
  • Integrated scripting language: enter commands either via the gui or via script
  • Command loop structure for Monte Carlo simulations and iterative estimation procedures
  • GUI controller for fine-tuning Gnuplot graphs
  • Link to R for further data analysis
  • Reads own format XML data files, Comma Separated Values files (CSV), Excel and Gnumeric worksheets, Stata .dta files, Eviews workfiles, JMulTi data files, own format binary databases, RATS 4 databases, and PC-Give databases.
  • Translations: French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, German, Basque and Portuguese
Return to Scientific Home Page

gretl also features in our 'Linux Equivalents to Windows Software' section. The category selector below allows you to filter the different types of software included in that separate article.

Category:


Last Updated Friday, December 05 2008 @ 06:20 AM EST


Local Content
Top Free Software
6 Lean Desktops
9 Project Management
14 File Managers
21 Backup Tools
21 DVD Tools
21 Window Managers
21 Productivity Tools
21 Text Editors
21 Video Emulators
21 Home Emulators
42 Graphics Apps
6 CAD Apps
42 Scientific Apps
42 Email Apps
12 Instant Messaging
12 News Aggregators
11 VoIP Apps
11 Remote Display Apps
9 BitTorrent Apps
42 Games
42 More Games
21 More Games
9 Educational Games
42 Audio Apps
42 Video Apps
80 Security Apps
Free Console Apps
14 Multimedia
Programming
9 IDEs
9 Debuggers
7 Revision Control Apps
'Free' Proprietary
21 Closed-Source Apps
Top Commercial Apps
42 Games
Free Web Software
21 Web CMS
14 Wiki Engines
8 Blog Apps
6 eCommerce Apps
Other Articles
Migrating from Windows
Distribution Guide
Distro Portal Pages
20 Free Linux Books
Running Linux Under Windows

Older Stories
Thursday 06/18
  • Linux on a stick (0)

  • Tuesday 06/16
  • 7 of the Best Free Linux Revision Control Tools (0)

  • Thursday 06/11
  • Torvalds: Linux 2.6.30 signals 'new world order' (0)

  • Wednesday 06/10
  • Fedora 11 launches with improved virtualisation (0)
  • Ubuntu aims for ten-second boot time with 10.04 (0)
  • Gnome's NetworkManager: Pain Free Networking? (0)
  • CentOS, Ubuntu Help Rev Up Windows, Linux Clouds (0)
  • Novell to launch app store (0)

  • Sunday 06/07
  • 6 of the Best Free Linux CAD Software (0)

  • Thursday 06/04
  • LinuxLinks.com - Portal Pages (0)

  • Vote

    What do you find MOST attractive about Open Source software?

    Amount of customization
    Security
    Freedom provided
    Speed of development
    Quality
    Multiple versions
    Cost
    Potential to contribute
    Ability to modify code
    Results
    1822 votes | 2 comments

    Built with GeekLog and phpBB
    Comments to the webmaster are welcome
    Copyright 2009 LinuxLinks.com - All rights reserved