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How to install RunMC on Windows

  1. Install recent version of Cygwin. Install the base packages, and, in addition, the following packages: zip, unzip, g++, g77, make, X11, X11lib (X11 library for X11 development, this is necessary for ROOT installation); Use “UNIX” file system for Cygwin installation;
  • Install ROOT. How to build the ROOT under Cygwin is documented on the ROOT web page;
  • Download the main RunMC program for Linux. Gunzip and untar the package as described in the RunMC web page;
  • Download the additional package called runmc_win32-[version]. It includes compiled (gcc3.3) CLHEP and a few CERNLIB libraries which are necessary to build Monte Carlo models. It also has several scripts to change options in RunMC makefiles.
  • gunzip runmc_win32-[version].tar.gz; tar -vxf runmc_win32-[version].tar (note the package may have a version number, therefore, use appropriate name for the [version]). This will create build-win32 directory;
  • Now set up bash environmental variables. Include in your ".bashrc" file the following lines:
    # set RUNMC variables
    export RUNMC=/home/sergei/work/RunMC        #  specify correct location of RunMC directory
    export RUNMCwin32=`cygpath -da $RUNMC`    # only for Cygwin/windows - do not modify
    export PATH=$RUNMC/bin:$PATH                    # do not modify
  • If this is done, do "source  .bashrc";
  • Copy build-win32 directory to $RUNMC/, i.e do "mv build-win32 $RUNMC/"
  • Now, go to $RUNMC/build-win32 and type "./install.sh". This should compile the RunMC.
  • In order to use RunMC together with ROOT, first you should start X-windows on Cygwin, and only then start RunMC program.

    • Note that if CYGWIN does not have libtermcap library installed, CASCADE Monte Carlo will not be compliled. CASCADE library assumes that this library is located here /usr/lib/termcap/libtermcap.a