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| 10 | <sect1 id="sect.StepGuides"> |
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| 11 | <title> |
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| 12 | Step-by-Step Installation Guides |
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| 13 | </title> |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | <para> |
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| 16 | You can find below some useful pages collecting instructions on how to |
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| 17 | install Geant4 in a detailed step-by-step tutorial: |
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| 19 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> |
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| 20 | <listitem><para> |
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| 21 | <ulink url="http://geant4.slac.stanford.edu/tutorial/installation/"> |
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| 22 | Step by step Installation Guides</ulink>. |
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| 23 | </para></listitem> |
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| 24 | </itemizedlist> |
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| 25 | </para> |
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| 28 | <sect2 id="sect.BldMSV"> |
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| 29 | <title> |
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| 30 | Building on MS Visual C++ |
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| 31 | </title> |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | <para> |
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| 34 | Geant4 can be compiled with the C++ compiler of MS Visual Studio |
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| 35 | C++ and the |
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| 36 | <ulink url="http://cygwin.com/"> |
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| 37 | Cygwin toolset</ulink>. |
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| 38 | Detailed instructions are given in the Installation |
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| 39 | manual. As the build system relies on <literal>make</literal> and other |
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| 40 | Unix tools using only the compiler of MS Visual Studio, the section on |
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| 41 | </para> |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | <para> |
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| 44 | <xref linkend="sect.MkflEnvVar" /> Makefile and environment variables |
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| 45 | applies also for building with MS Visual C++. |
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| 46 | </para> |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | <para> |
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| 49 | We do not support compilation directly under MS Visual Studio, |
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| 50 | i.e. we do not provide workspace files <literal>(.dsw)</literal> or project |
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| 51 | files (<literal>.dsp</literal>). |
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| 52 | </para> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | <para> |
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| 55 | However the executables created are debuggable using the |
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| 56 | debugger of MS Visual Studio. You may have to help the debugger |
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| 57 | finding the path to source files the first time you debug a given |
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| 58 | executable. |
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| 59 | </para> |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | <para> |
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| 62 | Listed below are some useful pages with instructions on how to start with the |
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| 63 | installation of CygWin, and also tips for creating a project under Visual |
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| 64 | Studio: |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> |
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| 67 | <listitem><para> |
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| 68 | <ulink url="http://www.lcsim.org/docs/gettingstarted/Cygwin/"> |
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| 69 | Getting started with Cygwin</ulink>. |
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| 70 | </para></listitem> |
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| 71 | <listitem><para> |
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| 72 | <ulink url="http://cern.ch/geant4/support/windows_note.shtml"> |
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| 73 | Cygwin Installation Notes</ulink>. |
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| 74 | </para></listitem> |
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| 75 | <listitem><para> |
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| 76 | <ulink url="http://www.lcsim.org/docs/gettingstarted/geant4msvc++/net2005/index.htm"> |
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| 77 | Building a MSVC++ Visual Studio 2005 Geant4 project</ulink> (setup no longer supported). |
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| 78 | </para></listitem> |
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| 79 | </itemizedlist> |
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| 80 | </para> |
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| 82 | </sect2> |
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| 84 | </sect1> |
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