Installing ROOT Installing ROOT ROOT is available on Linux, Mac, and Windows To install it, we highly recommend (ordered by priority) either: Use a package manager Download a pre-compiled binary Further ways to install ROOT on your computer are listed in the table of content on the right Which one is best for you depends on your operating system and usage requirements In all cases, make sure to always use
Make ROOT your own on macOS with Nix - ROOT In this blog post, you will learn how to reproducibly build ROOT from source with Nix on macOS or Linux, getting you started quickly with hacking the ROOT source code and participate in ROOTs open development
Building ROOT from source System-wide installation There are two main methods of installing ROOT from source: location independent and fixed location The former is advised for a personal installation of ROOT, while the latter for a system-wide installation Both require to set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX variable at configuration time (its default is usr local if unset)
Release 63406 - ROOT Start ROOT in a Microsoft Visual Studio Prompt (in Start Programs Microsoft Visual Studio Tools) If you installed ROOT to C:\root then call C:\root\bin\thisroot bat before using ROOT to set up required environment variables Call instead thisroot ps1 if you run from a powershell (the default terminal in Visual Studio Code)
Contents 1 2 Installing ROOT To install ROOT you will need to go to the ROOT website at: https: root cern install
First steps with ROOT First steps with ROOT Note Before you can use ROOT, you must have a working ROOT installation → See Installation Guide Working with an interactive ROOT session Starting and quitting ROOT ROOT can be started at the system prompt To that end, you can type: $ root and the ROOT prompt is displayed:
Chapter: Install and Build - root. cern Chapter: Install and Build 30 Appendix A: Install and Build ROOT 30 1 License 30 2 Installing ROOT 30 3 Choosing a Version 30 4 Installing Precompiled Binaries 30 5 Installing from the Source 30 6 File system rootrc 30 7 Documentation to Download
Dependencies - ROOT The page lists the prerequisite packages that need to be installed on the different platforms to be able to configure, build and run ROOT The table of content can be used to quickly jump to your operating system For a more comprehensive list of dependencies depending on the operating system version, we recommend checking the docker image repository, under the file packages of your
Contents The result is that physicists developed ROOT for themselves; this made it specific, appropriate, useful, and over time refined and very powerful The development of ROOT is a continuous conversation between users and developers with the line between the two blurring at times and the users becoming co-developers
Chapter: Introduction - root. cern 3 Introduction 3 1 The ROOT forum 3 2 Contact Information 3 3 Conventions Used in This Book 3 4 The Framework 3 5 Installing ROOT 3 6 The Organization of the ROOT