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Day1 Geant4 Installation

The document provides instructions for installing Geant4, including downloading the source code, configuring the build using CMake, compiling with 'make', and installing. Key steps are to choose an installation path, create a build directory, run CMake to configure options like the install prefix and building visualization drivers, compile in parallel using 'make -jN', and install. The installed environment must then be sourced each time a new shell is opened before running applications.

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Day1 Geant4 Installation

The document provides instructions for installing Geant4, including downloading the source code, configuring the build using CMake, compiling with 'make', and installing. Key steps are to choose an installation path, create a build directory, run CMake to configure options like the install prefix and building visualization drivers, compile in parallel using 'make -jN', and install. The installed environment must then be sourced each time a new shell is opened before running applications.

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Geant4 Installation

Giada Petringa
Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS-INFN)

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Installation process

1)Check that you meet all the requirements

2)Download Geant4 source code

3)Configure the build using CMake

4)Make & install

5)Configure your environment to use Geant4

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① Supported platforms & requirements
Virtual Ma
ch
• Operating system CentOS 7 ine:
with gcc 4.
8.5
– “recent” Linux (e.g. CentOS 7), best support
– macOS 10.10+
– Windows 7+ (limited support, not recommended)
• Compilers
– C++11 compliance
– such as GCC 4.8.5+, clang 3.6+, Visual C++ 14.0 (2015)
• CMake (configuration generation tool) 3.3+
• System libraries (as development packages):
– expat, xerces-c
These may or may not be necessary. Just keep this in mind when compilation fails.

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CMake installation (if not provided)

• Depending on the OS installation, CMake may not be


installed by default. In that case you have to install it:
– Linux: it is recommended to use the CMake provided by the
package management system of your distribution.

If version 3.3+ is not available:


1. download the latest version (http://www.cmake.org/)
2. unzip the tar-ball
3. ./bootstrap, make, make install

– macOS: install it using the Darwin64 dmg installerpackage

– Windows: install it using the Win64/32 exe installerpackage


Note: You may also want to install ccmake and/or cmake-gui tools for user-friendly configuration

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Optional libraries
• X11 for simple graphical user interface and
ray-tracing
• OpenGL for visualization
• Qt4 or Qt5 for graphical user interface
• ROOT for data analysis (even inside Geant4)

Less frequently used libraries/tools:


Motif, OpenInventor, DAWN, RayTracer X11,
HepRApp, WIRED JAS Plug-in, AIDA, VRML browser,
(external) CLHEP, Wt...

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and now…. we can proceed

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Geant4 Installation
Download the code
http
s ://ge
ant4
.web
.c ern.
ch/g
ean
t4/

Extract the file


$ cd Downloads
$ tar -xzf geant4.10.04.tar.gz

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Geant4 Installation

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Geant4 Installation

Choose a path for your installation


$ cd Desktop

Create a new directory


$ mkdir Geant4
$ cd Geant4

Copy the source code in the new directory

$ cd /home/user/Downloads

$ cp -r geant4.10.04/home/user/Desktop/Geant4

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Geant4 Installation

Choose a path for your installation


$ cd Desktop

Create a new directory


$ mkdir Geant4
$ cd Geant4

Copy the source code in the new directory

$ cd /home/user/Downloads

$ cp -r geant4.10.04 /home/user/Desktop/Geant4
What? Where?
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Geant4 Installation

Choose a path for your installation


$ cd Desktop

Create a new directory


$ mkdir Geant4
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Geant4 Installation

Create the folder build


$ cd /home/user/Desktop/Geant4
$ ls
$ mkdir geant4.10.04-build
$ cd geant4.10.04-build

$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/Desktop/
Geant4/geant4.10.04-install
-DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON

-DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON -DGEANT4_USE_QT=ON
/home/user/Desktop/Geant4/geant4.10.04

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Geant4 Installation
the additional
the directory under which
external data
the Geant4 libraries,
libraries are
set the install headers and support files
automatically
directory will be installed.
downloaded

$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/Desktop/
Geant4/geant4.10.04-install -DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON

-DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON -DGEANT4_USE_QT=ON
/home/user/Desktop/Geant4/geant4.10.04

build the X11 OpenGL build the Qt visualization driver


visualization driver

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Other Options

Important options:
-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX= … installation_path
-DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON/OFF
-DGEANT4_BUILD_MULTITHREADED=ON/OFF

Further options:
-DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON/OFF
-DGEANT4_USE_QT=ON/OFF
……

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Geant4 Installation
Start the Geant4 installation

$ make -jN

$ make install

and
wait….

each time you open a new shell remember to source the


geant4.sh script before executing an application !!!
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