TF GEANT4.9.5
resources
http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/UserDocumentation/UsersGuides/InstallationGuide/html/
using wget to get version 4.9.6
wget http://geant4.cern.ch/support/source/geant4.9.6.p04.tar.gz
Step -by- Step commands
mkdir geant4.9.6.p04
cd geant4.9.6.p04
mv ../geant4.9.6.p04.tar.gz ./
tar -xvf geant4.9.6.p04.tar.gz
ls
geant4.9.6.p04 geant4.9.6.p04.tar.gz
mkdir geant4.9.6-build
cd geant4.9.6-build
You need data file for the physics interaction processes
If the server is up you can tell CMake to download them for you
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.6.p04/geant4.9.6-install -DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON -DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON ~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.6.p02/geant4.9.6.p04
(the data files will be installed at geant4.9.6.p04-install/share/Geant4.9.6.p04/data)
If the server is down then you need to download, install and set environmental variables by hand
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.6.p04-install -DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=OFF -DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON ~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.6.p04/geant4.9.6.p04
make -j2 VERBOSE=1
make install
the above creates the subdirectory ~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.6.p04/geant4.9.6-install
examples
You can test your installation by compiling and running the example programs
first try to compile example/novice/N01 located in the directory where you untarred everything (geant4.9.6.p02)
source geant4.9.6-install/bin/geant4.csh
cd geant4.9.6.p04/examples/novice/N01
cmake .
make -f Makefile
./exampleN01
exampleN02 will allow you to test that you have installed the visual drivers needed to draw paraticle trajectories
creating a copy of an example
cd
mkdir geant4
cd geant4
cp -r geant4.9.6.p04/examples/novice/N02 ./
cd N02
rm CMakeCache.txt
cmake .
make -f Makefile
problems
1.) bus error on Mac if using -DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON
try using XM instead
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5-install -DGEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON -DGEANT4_USE_XM=ON ~/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5.p01
opens up the GUI but also has a Bus error.
Commands used for version 4.9.5
Download the source code to a subdirectory.
I stored it in /Users/tforest/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5.p01
Then I created a build subdirectory
mkdir /Users/tforest/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5-build
From inside the build directory I execute the cmake command using a switch to download the data files and install visulatization
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/tforest/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5-install -DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON GEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON /Users/tforest/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5.p01
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/tforest/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5-install -DGEANT4_USE_XM=ON GEANT4_INSTALL_DATA=ON /Users/tforest/src/GEASNT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5.p01
Then I install if teh make was succcessfull
make install
Build example N02
To build an example you need to create a build subdirectory under the subdirectory of teh example source code.
cmake -DGeant4_DIR=/Users/tforest/src/GEANT4/geant4.9.5/geant4.9.5-install ../
make
GUIXM was build and causes crash on MACOS