EGSnrc and BeamNRC Installation

OS: Ubuntu 7.04

Install EGSnrc and BeamNRC:

1. Install required software via Synaptic Package Manager;
2. Install QT3.3.3; (Note GUI of EGSnrc was written under QT3, so it is incompatible with QT4) [add QTDIR=/usr/local/qt; MANPATH=$QTDIR/doc/man:$MANPATH; LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; into /etc/bash.bashrc]
   
3. Install EGSnrc and then BeamNRC using the method1 (the easiest method); [add HEN_HOUSE=/usr/local/EGSnrc; EGS_HOME=/usr/local/EGS_HOME; EGS_CONFIG="/usr/local/EGSnrc/specs/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g77.conf"; PATH=${HEN_HOUSE}/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g77:${QTDIR}/bin:${PATH}; export QTDIR HEN_HOUSE EGS_HOME PATH MANPATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH EGS_CONFIG; into /etc/bash.bashrc before installation]
   

Addition: QT3.3.3 installation

• Modify configure and find freetype and switch it off;
• Add qt.conf under /etc/ld.so.conf.d with contents “/usr/local/qt/lib“;
• Use ldconfig to reload;

After installation of EGSnrc and BEAMnrc, run script /usr/local/EGSnrc/scripts/finalize_egs_foruser and /usr/local/EGSnrc/scripts/finalize_beam_foruser
and add
EGS_HOME=/home/userhome/egsnrc/
EGS_CONFIG=/usr/local/EGSnrc/specs/i686-pc-linux-gnu-g77.conf
export EGS_HOME EGS_CONFIG

export OMEGA_HOME=/usr/local/EGSnrc/omega
. /usr/local/EGSnrc/scripts/egsnrc_bashrc_additions
. /usr/local/EGSnrc/scripts/beamnrc_bashrc_additions
into ~/.bashrc

Now installation is finished.