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Tools

tool

description

website

required

notes

bash

shell

http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

yes

Technically sh, but go with bash.

make

build system

http://www.gnu.org/software/make/

yes

use the command gmake

gcc,g++

compiler

http://gcc.gnu.org/

yes

java

language

http://java.sun.com/

yes

required to build LCIO

autconf

configuration system

http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/

no

only required if configure needs to be regenerated (for developers)

wget

file downloader

http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/

no

wget get is only required for SimDist

scp

SSH file downloader

no

only required for developers using SimDist to upload tarballs to the distribution area

Java

Java may not be present on your system. In this case, install the JDK 5.0 for your platform.

Windows

You will need to install http://www.cygwin.com/. For simplicity, just install everything.

OSX

OSX comes with most of the tools above. You may have to install wget if you want to use SimDist.

Linux

All of the tools should be installed on Linux.

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