Release 5.24/00 - 2009-06-30

Source distribution

Platform Files Size
source root_v5.24.00.source.tar.gz 26M
root_v5.24.00a.source root_v5.24.00a.source.tar.gz 26M
root_v5.24.00b.source root_v5.24.00b.source.tar.gz 26M

Binary distributions

Platform Files Size
Linux slc4 gcc3.4 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc4-gcc3.4.tar.gz 51M
Linux slc4 gcc4.3 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc4-gcc4.3.tar.gz 51M
Linux slc4_amd64 gcc3.4 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc4_amd64-gcc3.4.tar.gz 53M
Linux slc4_amd64 gcc4.3 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc4_amd64-gcc4.3.tar.gz 52M
Linux slc5 gcc3.4 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc5-gcc3.4.tar.gz 52M
Linux slc5 gcc4.3 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc5-gcc4.3.tar.gz 51M
Linux slc5_amd64 gcc3.4 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc5_amd64-gcc3.4.tar.gz 54M
Linux slc5_amd64 gcc4.3 root_v5.24.00.Linux-slc5_amd64-gcc4.3.tar.gz 52M
macosx powerpc gcc 4.0 root_v5.24.00.macosx-powerpc-gcc-4.0.tar.gz 48M
macosx105 i386 gcc 4.0 root_v5.24.00.macosx105-i386-gcc-4.0.tar.gz 39M
solarisCC5 root_v5.24.00.solarisCC5.tar.gz 60M
win32 (dbg) root_v5.24.00.win32.debug.tar.gz 93M
win32 root_v5.24.00.win32.tar.gz 49M
Windows Visual Studio 90 (dbg) root_v5.24.00.win32.vc90.debug.tar.gz 122M
Windows Visual Studio 90 root_v5.24.00.win32.vc90.tar.gz 51M
win32gcc gcc 3.4 root_v5.24.00.win32gcc-gcc-3.4.tar.gz 52M

Installations in AFS and CVMFS

Standalone installations with minimal external dependencies are available at:

/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/osx105_ia32_gcc401_dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/osx105_ia32_gcc401
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_ia32_gcc34_dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_ia32_gcc34
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_amd64_gcc34_dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_amd64_gcc43_dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_amd64_gcc34
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/x86_64-slc5-gcc34-dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_amd64_gcc43
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/i686-slc5-gcc43-dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/x86_64-slc5-gcc34-opt
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/i686-slc5-gcc34-dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_ia32_gcc43_dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/i686-slc5-gcc43-opt
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/i686-slc5-gcc34-opt
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/slc4_ia32_gcc43
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/i686-winxp-vc9-dbg
/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/win32_vc71_dbg

Example for setting up ROOT and the corresponding compiler from AFS

. /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/gcc/4.3/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/setup.sh
. /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/app/releases/ROOT/5.24.00/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/root/bin/thisroot.sh

Git

The entire ROOT source can be obtained from our public Git repository:

git clone http://root.cern/git/root.git

The release specific tag can be obtained using:

cd root
git checkout -b v5-24-00 v5-24-00

Windows

Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT/2000 are supported. We offer two packaging types:

  • exe: a regular Windows installer package also setting up the required environment variables. With uninstall via “Control Panel” / “Add or Remove Programs”. Simply download and start, or open directly. You can double-click ROOT to start it, ROOT files get registered with Windows.
  • tar: the traditional variant. Unpack e.g. with 7zip. Start ROOT in a Microsoft Visual Studio Prompt (in Start / Programs / Microsoft Visual Studio / Tools). If you installed ROOT to C:\root then call C:\root\bin\thisroot.bat before using ROOT to set up required environment variables.

Important installation notes

  • You must download the binary built with the exact same version of Visual Studio than the one installed on your system.
  • Do not untar in a directory with a name containing blank characters.
  • Take the release version if performance matters.
  • If you want to debug your code you need the ROOT debug build (you cannot mix release / debug builds due to a Microsoft restriction).