Software Required for Tutorials in the Workshop
Prepared by Matteo Cacciari, Fabio Maltoni, Rikkert Frederix and Paolo Torrielli
(Alternative website: http://www.lpthe.jussieu.fr/~cacciari/public/india2011.html )
Plan A
The software for the Workshop tutorials will be provided pre-installed in the form of a virtual machine based on Scientific Linux 5.6.
In order to install it, follow the following instructions.
- Install VirtualBox from www.virtualbox.org
- Download our virtual machine SL56.ova (NB. ~1 GB file) and run it inside your VirtualBox
Plan B
Should unexpected problems arise with the virtual machine preparation, you will need to install yourself the packages needed for the tutorials on your computer (this is, in any case, a useful exercise).
- A full working cc/c++/fortran/make development environment will be needed. At least basic working knowledge of these languages is assumed for the tutorials.
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In addition, please download and install the following software (note that pre-compiled packages for your architecture may exist for some of these items), if they are not already available on your computer.
- MadGraph 5 (NB. Needs Python > v2.6)
- madfks
- MCFM 6.1 (source download)
- MC@NLO 4 (source download)
- FastJet v3.0.1 (source download, manual) (Boost2010 tools and event files by G. Salam)
- LHAPDF with at least one PDF set (e.g. CTEQ6.6)
- Pythia 8.1 (source download)
- Gnuplot
- ROOT [may not be needed, unless you wish to use it yourself]
