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README.md 3.11 KiB

Installation Instructions for for CbmRoot

1. Dependencies

1.1 Compiler

To be able to compile CbmRoot a compiler with full C++11 support is needed. GCC since version 4.8 and clang since version 3.4 are known to work without problems.

1.2 FairSoft

To install, compile, and run CbmRoot several external programs are required. This are for example Root, Geant3 or Geant4. The complete list can be found on the FairRoot webpage (fairroot.gsi.de). Since most of these programs can't be installed using the package manager of the used Linux distribution, or at least can't be installed in the required version, the FairRoot team provides a GIT repository with all needed packages and some scripts to automatically build and install these so called external packages.

Detailed instructions how to get and compile FairSoft (aka external packages) can be found at the following webpage

https://redmine.cbm.gsi.de/projects/cbmroot/wiki/Install_External_Packages

Please make sure SQLite is installed on your system before compiling FairSoft, as this is required by CbmRoot. Failing compile FairSoft with SQLite support will lead to a crash during the CbmRoot compilation. To install SQLite on Debian/Ubuntu and OpenSuse use

Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev

OpenSuse:

sudo zypper install sqlite3 sqlite3-devel

It is currently not recommended to install FairSoft (and likewise FairRoot and CbmRoot) with administrator privileges, as this may create conflicts with existing software. For an installation which is to be shared between users on a MacOS or linux system it is recommended to use the opt/ folder. Consider also using the auto installer (see section 3).

If you are working at GSI there are always ready-to-use versions of FairSoft available. For detailed information please check the following wiki page

https://redmine.cbm.gsi.de/projects/cbmroot/wiki/RunCbmGSI

1.3 FairRoot

CbmRoot is based on FairRoot, a package which meanwhile serves several experiments as base for their developments. Beside FairSoft you need also to install FairRoot to be able to compile CbmRoot

Detailed instructions how to get and compile FairRoot can be found at the following webpage

https://redmine.cbm.gsi.de/projects/cbmroot/wiki/InstallFairRoot