Hi Stephan, Stephan Wiesand <stephan.wies...@desy.de> writes:
> I have my doubts regarding a generally useful ROOT build, though: This > software has tons of build time options, often depending on external > software. A "one size fits all" build would probably depend on a dozen > or more additional packages most users won't care for. On the other > hand, building ROOT for a certain use case is fairly trivial. This may > explain why there are few prebuilt packages around. The built-in Debian and Red Hat package builders that come with ROOT build out to an array of binary packages (at least it is true for the Debian target - I haven't actually tried the RH one). So there is some granularity in what one can install. I agree with you that it seems most people need to pick and choose ROOT versions beyond what may be provided in binary form. Another aspect is that many users of ROOT use it as part of a larger suite and they have tools that install the suite, including ROOT. Trying to use a system-install of ROOT is a shoe-horning effort. This was the reason the Debian packages were never a good fit for me (despite supporting Christian's good work on making them). An individual not tied to an exact version could benefit from binary packages. But, I wonder what fraction of existing or potential ROOT users fall into that category. Regards, -Brett.
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