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What runtime dependencies does SLIC have?
Running SLIC
Does SLIC have any runtime dependencies?
If you installed SLIC in the recommended way, the only runtime dependency would be the Xerces C++ shared library. The Xerces library directory needs to be added to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (bash), so that the loader can find this library when slic executes.
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/my/xerces/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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If you see this error, it means that the LD_LIBRARY_PATH has not been set correctly.
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./slic/bin/Linux-g++/slic: error while loading shared libraries: libxerces-c.so.27: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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The SimDist run script will set this variable automatically.
How do I run the simulator binary?
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Does SLIC have any runtime dependencies?
If you installed SLIC in the recommended way, the only runtime dependency would be the Xerces C++ shared library. The Xerces library directory needs to be added to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH (bash), so that the loader can find this library when slic executes.
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export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/my/xerces/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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How do I run SLIC if I installed with SimDist?
How do I run SLIC if I installed with SimDist?
Use the script at SimDist/scripts/slic.sh as you would the normal slic binary. This script will automatically locate Xerces and set the correct LD_LIBRARY_PATH for you.
How do I How do I get help on the command-line syntax?
To see explanations of slic's command-line options, use the "-h" option.
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slic -h
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This will print slic usage and exit.
How do I get help on SLIC's custom Geant4 commands?
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How do I use the General Particle Source (GPS)?
LCIO
What is LCIO?
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If I don't want to run SLIC, are there LCIO files available that I can use to get started with my analysis?
How do I request new LCIO files?
What tool can I use to look at LCIO output from the command line?
What tool can I use to look at LCIO output from within JAS3?
How can I create diagnostic histograms of LCIO output?
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How do I read a plain GDML file using SLIC?
The LCDD system supports reading both plain GDML and LCDD files from SLIC.
To read in a "plain" GDML file, simply use the "-g" option as you normally would ...
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slic -g myGeom.gdml
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The LCDD system will use the GDML schema instead of LCDD and the geometry should be loaded successfully.
Detector Visualization
How can I see a basic visualization of my events using Geant4?
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