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  1. Return to the work dir, create a Geant4 subdir and go into it.
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    cd $sim_work
    mkdir geant4
    cd geant4
    
  2. Download the Geant4 tarball.
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    wget http://geant4.cern.ch/geant4/source/source/geant4.7.1.tar.gz
    
  3. Unzip it.
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    tar -zxvf geant4.7.0.p01.tar.gz
    
  4. Set the following variables in setup.sh. (You should not need to run Configure.)
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    export G4INSTALL=${sim_work}/geant4/geant4.7.1
    export G4SYSTEM=Linux-g++
    
  5. If you want to enable OpenGL-based visualization, set these variables, too.
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    export G4VIS_BUILD_OPENGLX_DRIVER=1
    export G4VIS_USE_OPENGLX=1
    export OGLHOME=/usr
    
  6. Refer to the Application Guide Section on Enviroment Variables for additional enviroment variables that you might want to set.
  7. Go into the Geant4 base dir.
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    cd geant4.7.1
    
  8. LCPhys requires that a special flag is set in order to use the latest Kaon model. At the end of config/architecture.gmk, insert the following line exactly as it appears below:
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    CPPFLAGS += -DG4BERTINI_KAON
    
    Hopefully, this hack will be remedied soon!
  9. Build the libraries, which will be placed at $G4INSTALL/lib/Linux-g++. (This could take up to a few hours depending on your machine.)
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    cd source
    make
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  10. Install the includes into *$G4INSTALL/include* .
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    make includes
    
  11. Build the physics list libraries. These will go into the default location at $G4INSTALL/lib/plists/Linux-g++.
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    cd ../physics_lists/hadronic
    make
    

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