This page documents my attempts to install the LCG software core on various non-traditional machines.

The basic installation instructions are here for a standard Scientific Linix CERN 6 installation: LCGCMake SLC6 Installation

1. Clean Cooley Login (nothing from .softrc.cooley)
2. Create working directory
   • mkdir /path/to/lcg
   • export $LCG_PROJECT_PATH=/path/to/lcg
   • cd $LCG_PROJECT_PATH
   • soft add +cmake
   • soft add +gcc-4.8.1
3. Install Dependencies first:
   • mkdir dependencies
   • cd dependencies
   • mkdir install
   1. procmail
      • wget ftp://ftp.ucsb.edu/pub/mirrors/procmail/procmail-3.22.tar.gz
      • tar zxf procmail-3.22.tar.gz
      • cd procmail-3.22
      • edit BASENAME in Makefile to be /path/to/lcg/dependencies/install
      • make lockfile CC=$(which gcc) CXX=$(which g++)
        • press enter when prompted
        • this only compiles lockfile because other parts of this package fail, but we don't need them.
      • cd ..
      • mkdir install/bin
      • ln -s $PWD/procmail-3.22/src/lockfile $PWD/install/bin/lockfile
   2. libxml2 (link in first paragraph 'FTP')
      • wget ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-2.9.2.tar.gz
      • tar zxf libxml2-2.9.2.tar.gz
      • cd libxml2-2.9.2
      • ./configure –with-python –with-threads –prefix=/path/to/lcg/dependencies/install
      • make -j 10
      • make install
      • cd ..
   3. xslt (bottom of page) (depends on libxml2)
      • git clone git://git.gnome.org/libxslt
      • cd libxslt
      • ./configure –with-python –with-libxml-prefix=/path/to/lcg/dependencies/install –prefix=/path/to/lcg/dependencies/install
      • make -j 10
      • make install
      • cd ..
   4. export environment
      • export PATH=/path/to/lcg/dependencies/install/bin:$PATH
      • export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/lcg/dependencies/install/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
4. Get LCGCMake repository
   • cd $LCG_PROJECT_PATH
   • svn co http://svn.cern.ch/guest/lcgsoft/trunk/lcgcmake
   • mkdir lcgcmake-build
   • mkdir lcgcmake-install
   • Edit lcgcmake/toolchain.cmake line 2

      set(LCG_VERSION dev2 CACHE STRING "HepTools version (aka LCG configuration)") 

     to

      set(LCG_VERSION 78root6 CACHE STRING "HepTools version (aka LCG configuration)") 

     .

   • Edit lcgcmake/projects/CMakeLists.txt line 296 from

      SVN_REPOSITORY=http://svn.cern.ch/guest/lcgcoral/coral/tags/${CORAL_native_version} --quiet 

     to

      SVN_REPOSITORY=http://svn.cern.ch/guest/lcgcoral/coral/tags/CORAL_${CORAL_native_version} --quiet 

   • Edit lcgcmake/externals/CMakeLists.txt lines 297 - 302 (or so) from

     #---Davix--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     LCGPackage_Add(
       Davix
       URL http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/dms/lcgutil/tar/davix/davix-<NATIVE_VERSION>.tar.gz
       CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
                                            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                                            -DBOOST_ROOT:PATHNAME=${Boost_home}
                                            -DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=${Boost_home}/include
                                            -DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${Boost_home}/lib
                                            -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=True
                                            <SOURCE_DIR>
       DEPENDS Boost
     )

     to

     #---Davix--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     LCGPackage_Add(
       Davix
       URL http://grid-deployment.web.cern.ch/grid-deployment/dms/lcgutil/tar/davix/davix-<NATIVE_VERSION>.tar.gz
       CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
                                            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
                                            -DBOOST_ROOT:PATHNAME=${Boost_home}
                                            -DBoost_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${Boost_home}/include/boost-1_55
                                            -DBoost_LIBRARY_DIR_DEBUG:PATH=${Boost_home}/lib
                                            -DBoost_LIBRARY_DIR_RELEASE:PATH=${Boost_home}/lib
                                            -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE:BOOL=True
                                            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
                                            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
                                            <SOURCE_DIR>
       DEPENDS Boost
     )

   • Edit lcgcmake/projects/CMakeLists.txt and insert around line 99 to the ROOT package config

     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}

   • Edit lcgcmake/projects/CMakeLists.txt around line 186 in the RELAX package and add the lines

     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}

     .

   • Edit lcgcmake/generators/CMakeLists.txt around line 1679 in the crmc package and add the lines

     -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules
     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
     -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}

     .

5. Now build LCG
   • cd lcgcmake-build
   • cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../lcgcmake-install -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$(which gcc) -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which g++) ../lcgcmake
6. Dealing with the aftermath
   • After the pythia8 packages download and fail to build, the Makefile's must be edited, the files lcgcmake-build/generators/pythia8-201/src/pythia8/201/Makefile have $(CXX_SONAME),$(notdir $@) which must be changed to -shared.
   • After evtgen package downloads and fails to build, the Makefile must be edited, the file lcgcmake-build/generators/evtgen-1.2.0/src/evtgen/1.2.0/Makefile have $(shell find … ) commands inside, Add -not -path '*/\.*' to the end of these finds. This is to exclude the many stupid hidden files ._<fildname> that someone must have commit to the repo from their MAC.
   • After ROOT 6 downloads and fails the build, you can make the following edits to fix the ODBC files. Add to the files lcgcmake-build/projects/ROOT-6.02.12/src/ROOT/6.02.12/sql/odbc/inc/TODBC*.h a #include<sqlcli.h> just under the #include<sql.h> at the top of the file. Add to the files lcgcmake-build/projects/ROOT-6.02.12/src/ROOT/6.02.12/sql/odbc/src/TODBCServer.cxx and lcgcmake-build/projects/ROOT-6.02.12/src/ROOT/6.02.12/sql/odbc/src/TODBCStatement.cxx a #include<sqlcli1.h> at the top of the files.
7. Create setup environment <file bash setup.sh>

#!/usr/bin/env bash soft add +cmake soft add +gcc-4.8.1