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This section describes the global computing environment required for installing the Geant4 toolkit. To set up your specific computing environment for Geant4, refer to Section 2 of this Guide.
A shell script (Configure) is provided to
facilitate the installation procedure, and to help the user set up
the environment correctly.
Geant4 is supported under the following operating systems:
Linux on PC with g++ (gcc compiler)
MacOSX with g++ (gcc compiler)
Windows/XP with MicroSoft Visual C++
Currently, this is the set of flavors which can be associated with
the environment variable $G4SYSTEM to identify the
system architecture and compiler used:
Linux - Scientific Linux CERN, SLC5
g++ gcc 4.1.2 G4SYSTEM: Linux-g++
MacOSX - MacOSX Darwin 10.6
g++ gcc 4.2.1 G4SYSTEM: Darwin-g++
Windows - Windows XP and Cygwin32
MSVC++ 9.0, Visual Studio 2008 G4SYSTEM: WIN32-VC
For a more detailed description of supported platforms/compilers
and versions of third party software, please refer to the release
notes available with the current release you're using in
geant4/ReleaseNotes (also accessible from the web
distribution page
).
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| Geant4 Installation Guide |  | 1.2. Required Software |