Geant4 on MacOS

Installation of Binary Packages

Geant4

There are three versions of geant4 available: <geant4_name>=geant4,geant410,geant49, corresponding to version 11.X, 10.X, and 9.X. They can coexist if needed. If you just need one version, do

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install <geant4_name>
$ sudo apt-get clean
$ sudo ln -s <version> /opt/g4/pro

By default GEANT4 will be installed under /opt/g4. Use /opt/g4/pro/bin/geant4.sh to setup environmental variables necessary to run GEANT4. /opt/g4/pro/bin/geant4-config will also come in handy

Dawn (A Visualization Tool for GEANT4)

$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dawn $ sudo apt-get clean

Dawncut (A Tool to Make a Cut View for GEANT4 Geometrical Objects)

$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install dawncut $ sudo apt-get clean

David (A Geometry Debugger for GEANT4)

$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install david $ sudo apt-get clean

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