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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/geant4.7.0.p011.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/geant4.7.0.p011 export G4SYSTEM=Linux-g++

5. Go into the Geant4 base dir.

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   cd geant4.7.0.p011

6. 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 # Install the includes into *$G4INSTALL/include* . make includes

7. 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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#!/bin/sh

# work area
export sim_work=~/sim

# clhep installation area
export CLHEP_BASE_DIR=${sim_work}/clhep

# geant4
export G4INSTALL=${sim_work}/geant4/geant4.7.0.p011
export G4SYSTEM=Linux-g++

# LCPhys
export LCPHYS_BASE=${sim_work}/LCPhys

# LCIO
export LCIO=${sim_work}/lcio
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LCIO/tools:$LCIO/bin:$PATH

# Xerces-C++ installation area
export XERCESCROOT=${sim_work}/xercesc
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$XERCESCROOT/lib:$PATH

# GDML
export GDML_BASE=${sim_work}/GDML2/CPPGDML

# LCDD
export LCDD_BASE=${sim_work}/lcdd

# SLIC
export SLIC_BASE=${sim_work}/slic

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