Geant4_9_2_p02_Windows_Installation.doc

Installing Geant4 Release 4.9.2.p02 on Windows using Microsoft Visual C++ and Cygwin Installation guides are available for a variety of different Geant4 releases and operating systems. Be sure to use the appropriate guide for your Geant4 release and system. The full set of guides can be found at: /installation Contents: What are the three pieces of software required for building Geant4? Getting and Installing Microsoft Visual C++ Getting and Installing Cygwin Getting the Correct Version of Cygwins make.exe Making Cygwin aware of Microsoft Visual C++ Working in Cygwin Windows Six_Quick_Checks to Avoid the Most Common Problems Getting and Installing CLHEP Getting Geant4 Getting Data Files Doing the Initial Build Single versus Multi-User Installation Creating the setup script The Geant4 Work Directory Selecting an Example Application Configuring the Environment Building an Example Application Running A Few Notes on ExampleN03 How to Go Back and Change Choices from./Configure -build What are the three pieces of software required for building Geant4? Microsoft Visual C++: Microsoft C++ is the compiler that is recommended for Geant4 on Windows. Cygwin: Cygwin is a Linux shell environment that runs on top of Windows. While it is possible to run Geant4 without this (see Norman Grafs notes on this, linked from the Geant4 home page), the officially supported way to run Geant4 on Windows is with Cygwin. By requiring Cygwin, we obtain a common, Linux-like baseline for all of our users. This greatly simplifies installation and configuration support. Cygwin provides essential tools such as the make utility. Cygwin also provides a C++ compiler, so you may wonder why you also need the Microsoft C++ compiler mentioned above. The reason is that while the Cygwin compiler does work for Geant4, the Microsoft compiler produces significantly faster-running code. The Microsoft compiler is therefore the officially supported Geant4 solut