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Standalone Windows Distribution

If you do not want to build SLIC yourself, there is a Windows executable available for download.

The current version is available as a ZIP file containing a static binary and the required DLLs.

Download the ZIP file using your browser and unzip the contents to C:. You should see the directory C:\slic_win32.

Test out the binary by running it in a console window.

  1. Start -> Run -> cmd.
  2. Press ENTER.
  3. Go to the SLIC directory.
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    C:\
    cd slic_win32
    
  4. Execute SLIC from the command line.
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    slic
    
Warning

Close all Cygwin windows before running SLIC, or the packaged Cygwin DLL will not load properly.

Info

Cygwin needs to be installed to run SLIC.

Download the SLIC Windows binary from this location.

http://www.lcsim.org/dist/slic/slic-current-WIN32-g%2B%2B-bin.tar.gz

Open a Cygwin window and go to the directory where you saved the tarball.

Untar the file after it is saved to your computer.

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tar -zxvf slic-current-WIN32-g++-bin.tar.gz

Now test the binary.

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cd SimDist
./scripts/slic.sh

The slic usage screen should showThe Xerces and Cygwin DLLs are also included so that the package is standalone.

Preliminary Setup for Installation

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Package Installations

CLHEP

CLHEP has installation instructions (http://wwwasd.web.cern.ch/wwwasd/lhc\+\+/clhep/INSTALLATION/newCLHEP-install.html) for version 1.9 and up. But you should not need them to setup the package.

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