Dear Jim,
I have 'installed' various ROOT versions on win2k systems without any
problem by doing the following :
1) Make sure to have on your main drive (normally c:\) a file
autoexec.bat containing the lines as indicated on the ROOT
web pages.
The easiest is to make c:\root the basic directory for your ROOT
installation.
2) Take the ROOT binary tar.gz file from the ROOT download area
and unzip it into this c:\root directory.
3) Shut down your computer and restart it again.
4) Now you should be able to run ROOT without any problem by just
opening an MS-Dos box and typing root into it.
5) You can tailor your ROOT look and feel by for instance making
a directory c:\jim and calling that your HOME directory (in autoexec.bat).
In your home directory you can enter files .rootrc rootlogon.C rootalias.C
and rootlogoff.C. In your .rootrc file you must then set the DynamicPath
and MacroPath such that it includes .;$(HOME) to specify a search for
files in your current working directory and your HOME directory.
In case you startup ROOT (see 4) above) from some directory, it will
use the above files from your HOME directory as default unless you
have for instance in your current directory also a rootlogon.C.
In that case it will use this file from your current directory.
Hope this will help you out.
Cheers,
Nick.
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Dr. Nick van Eijndhoven mailto:nick@phys.uu.nl http://www.phys.uu.nl/~nick
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> Jim Rinaudo wrote:
>
> I have been trying to install ROOT on my Win2K machine and can't get it installed. I found the discussions on the autoexec file
> statements but W2K is another animal.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction. I can't seem to find "the right stuff"
>
> thanks
>
> Jim
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