Re: [ROOT] Mandrake 8.0 or RedHat 7.1

From: Fons Rademakers (Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch)
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 11:06:48 MEST


>From the point of view of ROOT you can install whatever distribution
you like. Our native platforms are RH6.1, RH7.0 and RH7.1 (our
desktops and laptops) either with standard or gcc 2.95 compilers. Due
to the fact that the linux environments are in such great flux it is
impossible to pre-build for every permutation. Your best bet is to
build from source using your preferred distirbution and compiler.

Cheers, Fons.



"Jacek M. Holeczek" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I need to install something on a new computer.
> Looking from the point of view of ROOT, CERNLIB, ... should I choose
> Mandrake 8.0 or RedHat 7.1 (I have CDs for both distributions here).
> Any pro's and contra's ?
> What is the "official" policy of the ROOT Team ? Which distribution will
> be "natively" supported in the future (how about CERNLIB ?) ?
> Thanks in advance,
> Jacek.

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