The problem seems to lie with ROOT v5.30.03. I've downloaded it separately from the Root website, and it won't be build then either - so I've reported a bug.

Tim

Which linux?

Well, we support SL so if Tim has followed the install instructions and it still won't work this is a bug.

Tim, want to phone?

But we don't have sudo privileges, so it's probably a dependency problem. ROOT not building on SL5 should probably first be referred to IT support here since it's reproducible and a reasonable request for a particle physics department to be able to install it.

1) Ok so it turns out ./install_build_tests.bash failed, but I wasn't told...instead it was written to the log! So at the moment there's no output to screen whether the tests failed or not.

this is from the the end of install_log_std:

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g++ -O2 -pipe -m64 -Wshadow -Wall -W -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -I/freetype2 -I -o graf2d/graf/src/TLatex.o -c /data/mice/mice/carlisle/maus0.2.5/third_party/build/root_v5.30.03/graf2d/graf/src/TLatex.cxx
g++: graf2d/graf/src/TLatex.o: No such file or directory
make: *** [graf2d/graf/src/TLatex.o] Error 1
FAIL: Failed to configure/make
WARNING: MAUS already setup
./install_build_test.bash: line 76: scons: command not found
./install_build_test.bash: line 80: scons: command not found
FAIL! See logs.x
Your current directory is:
/data/mice/mice/carlisle/maus0.2.5

Your MAUS_ROOT_DIR is:
/data/mice/mice/carlisle/maus0.2.5

These should agree
python: can't open file '/data/mice/mice/carlisle/maus0.2.5/third_party/install/bin/nosetests': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
FAIL! See logs.

Your MAUS_ROOT_DIR is:
/data/mice/mice/carlisle/maus0.2.5

These should agree
python: can't open file '/data/mice/mice/carlisle/maus0.2.5/third_party/install/bin/nosetests': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
FAIL! See logs.

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2) I'd suggest a change of tense also: run the tests --> ran the tests, otherwise it sounds like the user has to run the tests separately.

ok I've managed to build the third party libraries, by sourcing a slightly later version of ROOT, and MAUS seems to happy with it. So this issue is effectively closed, though the two points in my previous post still apply I think (particularly point 1)...

Close?

Thanks

Yes, in fact the whole messaging system which the bash scripts make is a mistake/wrong...

I'm quite unhappy that you need to use a different version of ROOT. What is wrong with the defaults? This should work! Are you sure you put the dependencies in?

ok well the IT guys have now installed ROOT v5.30.03, so I can try again, sourcing their installation, if helpful/useful?

The dependencies (since it's a group install) are hard to tell the IT guys to install since they want a list of packages. ROOT doesn't build separate from MAUS so...

Great! Did you see the dependency list here:

http://micewww.pp.rl.ac.uk/projects/maus/wiki/Install#Scientific-LinuxRedhatFedoraCentos

Yes, would be interesting to know if the build script works also.

Oops, that was Tunnell, not Carlisle. But did you check that those dependencies are in? If so, the rest of it should build??