Re: Re: Error: Minuit[.so | .sl | .dl | .a | .dll] does not exist

Hi Mark,

[Or, do we really have the famous thriller-action novelist in our midst? :-)]

On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 00:15 +0200, Tom Clancy wrote:
> Thank you, that works!

...
> Dario Berzano <l3g3nd4ryf0x_at_gmail.com> schrieb:
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Tom Clancy wrote:
> > Hi there!

...
> > root [0] .x root-test.c
> > Error in : Minuit[.so | .sl | .dl | .a | .dll]
> > does not exist in .::/usr/lib/root/5.17
> > : created default TCanvas with name c1
> >
> > Can I install it seperately or what is the best way to solve
> my problem?
>
> You can try to install the "libroot-minuit5.17" package (by
> apt-get,
> aptitude, synaptic, or whatsoever). I don't run a precompiled
> ROOT at
> the moment, so I can't test it.

Note that Debian (and by extension - Ubuntu too) has three levels of "dependencies". Quiting the user's guide:

• Depends: The package needs another package to work. It may need a particular version of another program. This dependency is extremely common for programming libraries.
• Recommends: The package works better with another package, but does not strictly need it.
• Suggests: For most purposes, the package works better with another package.

Note, that root-system-bin recommends libroot-minuit5.17 | root-fitter. You can set-up Synaptic, Aptitude, or even Apt-get to "Consider recommended packages as dependencies". Note, that it doesn't mean that an uninstallable recommended package will block - only that recommended packages will automatically be marked for installation.

Yours,

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