Re: [ROOT] Error when trying to run root v 3.05/05 in cygwin

From: Axel Naumann (axel-naumann@gmx.de)
Date: Fri Jul 04 2003 - 00:23:10 MEST


Hi Jay,

presumably your $ROOTSYS doesn't point to where root is. Also, make sure
it's in unix format (i.e. ROOTSYS=/home/your_id/root, just as you quoted).
The file $ROOTSYS/cint/MAKEINFO should exist.

Axel.

> Hi,
>
> I recently downloaded the binaries for Root version 3.05/05 for cygwin.  I
> set the pathways as suggested in Axel Naumann's page.  It seems to almost
> work.  The root heading opens, but then I get a stream of error messages
> starting with "Error: cannot open /home/your_id/root/cint/MAKEINFO".
> After
> all of the errors I get a root prompt, but none of the commands I type at
> the prompt will work, probably because of all of the previous errors.  I
> would greatly appreciate any advice anyone might have.
>
> Thanks
> Jay
>
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