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Installing GEANT4

Preperation

  • Download from https://geant4.web.cern.ch
  • Ensure cmake is installed. Use the cask version for ccmake.
    • brew cask install cmake
  • Extract geant4 download
    • cd ~/Downloads/
    • tar -zxvf ~/Downloads/geant4.10.06.p02.tar.gz

Installation

  • Make build directory at ~/AppData/geant4
    • cd ~/AppData
    • mkdir geant4
    • cd ~/AppData/geant4
    • mkdir geant4.10.06.p02-build
  • Extract geant4 build into desired install location.
    • cd ~/AppData/geant4
    • cmake ~/Downloads/geant4.10.06.p02
  • Run ccmake in build folder
    • cd ../geant4.10.06.p02-build
    • ccmake .
      • CLANG_FORMATTER CLANG_FORMATTER-NOTFOUND
      • CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release
      • CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FORMAT MACHO
      • CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local
      • CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES
      • CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
      • CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk
      • G4FORMAT_LOGDIR /Users/***/AppData/geant4/geant4.10.06.p02-build/format
      • GEANT4_BUILD_MULTITHREADED ON
      • GEANT4_INSTALL_DATA ON
      • GEANT4_INSTALL_DATADIR /Users/***/AppData/geant4/geant4.10.06.p02-data
      • GEANT4_USE_G3TOG4 OFF
      • GEANT4_USE_GDML OFF
      • GEANT4_USE_INVENTOR OFF
      • GEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11 ON
      • GEANT4_USE_PYTHON ON
        • If generating python bindings, and multithreaded option is on, you will need to set the advanced flag GEANT4_BUILD_TLS_MODEL = global-dynamic or the build will fail.
        • If gennerating python bindings, the boost libraries are need. Make sure boost and boost-python3 are installed with brew.
        • Note that all old virtualenvs will not have access to boost-python if you have just installed it. Remake the virtualenvs in this case.
      • GEANT4_USE_QT ON
      • GEANT4_USE_RAYTRACER_X11 ON
      • GEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_CLHEP OFF
      • GEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT ON
      • GEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB OFF
      • GEANT4_USE_XM OFF