Geant4 Installation Guide

For setting up Geant4 in your computing environment

Geant4 Collaboration

Version: geant4 9.1

14 December, 2007


Table of Contents

1. Installation Introduction
1.1. Supported Computers and Operating Systems
1.2. Required Software
1.3. Visualization Software
1.4. Software for Analysis and Histogramming
2. Installation Procedures
2.1. Using the Configure Script for installation
2.2. Configuring the Environment to Use Geant4
2.3. Installing Geant4 Manually
2.3.1. Required Environment Variables
2.3.2. Optional Environment Variables
2.4. Integrating Geant4 into a Generic Framework
3. Tips for Installing on Windows
3.1. Windows with the Cygwin Toolset and Microsoft Visual C++
3.2. Building Kernel Libraries DLLs