Installing and Testing MarlinReco on Linux

Overview

The MarlinReco package provides a suite of reconstruction software including an event processor and event display.

These are step-by-step instructions for installing on Linux.

Procedure

1. Create a working directory

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   mkdir MarlinReco cd MarlinReco

2. Obtain and unpack the installation files

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   wget http://www-flc.desy.de/software/MarlinReco/MarlinReco_Linux_install.tar.gz tar -zxvf MarlinReco_Linux_install.tar.gz cd linux tar -zxvf ilcsoft.tar.gz

3. Use the latest MarlinReco from CVS (OPTIONAL)
   This URL into your browser: http://www-zeuthen.desy.de/lc-cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/MarlinReco/MarlinReco.tar.gz?cvsroot=MarlinReco;tarball=1

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   cd marlin/0.9.1/packages rm -rf MarlinReco tar -zxvf MarlinReco.tar.gz cd -

4. Update the hardcoded /opt/products path for your installation

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   chmod 755 update_path.sh . update_path.sh marlin/0.9.1/env.sh . update_path.sh marlin/0.9.1/env.sh_ORG . update_path.sh marlin/0.9.1/userlib.gmk

5. Setup ROOT (OPTIONAL)

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   source setup-root.sh # specific to my environment

6. Set the Marlin environment

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   cd marlin/0.9.1 source env.sh_ORG

7. Rebuild Marlin and the MarlinReco packages (OPTIONAL)

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   gmake clean gmake

8. Reconfigure CED event display (OPTIONAL)
   Skip this step if you have the Mesa GLUT library installed into /usr/lib.

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   cd ../.. cd CED cp /path/to/libglut.so.3 . # only if not in standard location export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)

9. Start the event display

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   glced &

   No you should see glced in the process list.

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   [1206 $] ps PID TTY TIME CMD 4853 pts/9 00:00:00 glced

10. Run an example

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    cd $MARLIN/packages/MarlinReco/examples/LDC $MARLIN/bin/Marlin steer_ldc.xml

Now, you should have MarlinReco running with CED displaying events.

Enjoy.

Links

MarlinReco Documentation - with step-by-step installation instructions, including ext deps