Compiling root on Ubuntu18: complaining about iostream.h in iostrm.h

ROOT
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_ROOT Version: 5.34.36/
Platform: Ubuntu 18.04.2
Compiler: make

After

./configure --enable-builtin-freetype --enable-shared
make -j2

I get the following error:

cint/cint/lib/stream/iostrm.h:24:10: fatal error: iostream.h: No such file or directory
 #include <iostream.h>

In iostrm.h, I see the following:

#ifdef G__NEWSTDHEADER
#include <iostream>
#else
#include <iostream.h>
#endif

So, my question is: how I set G__NEWSTDHEADER? It is not mentioned in the configure file.
I naively tried “export G__NEWSTDHEADER=1” but that was not enough.

Cheers,

Machiel

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Okay…, so you’re saying that the standard “5.34.36” does not work on Ubuntu 18?
The difference between “iostream.h” and “” (the normal C++ way) seems rather fundamental to me.
So, how do I install one of the patches that you mention? Do I install it on top of the 5.34.36 files that I already have downloaded? What is the exact command to do this? I am not familiar with git. Should I use the curl command you mention?
Also, the problem is, I use root as part of a GAMOS installation, so downloading ROOT 6 might give me problems when it’s not compatible with GAMOS.

Cheers,

Machiel

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Also, I don’t understand. Just setting “G__NEWSTDHEADER” to 1 should be enough, right? (Although I tried it with export and that didn’t work)

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Hi Machiel,

Why do you stillneed to use ROOT 5.34? v5.34 is ROOT from 2012; you should consider upgrading. It’s impossible for us to provide support for 7 year old releases (unless it’s critical for an experiment).

Axel.

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Ok. In that case I will contact the people from GAMOS whose packages still uses ROOT 5.34. Maybe it will work with ROOT 6 as well (although I doubt it, to be honest). Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience

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No inconvenience at all - and please tell the GAMOS folks that we’re more than happy to help them migrate! (You’re also welcome to put me in CC if that helps - axel@cern.ch )

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Hi Alex,

I have one more question, if you don’t mind. Where should I get the latest stable version of ROOT from? From this webpage: https://root.cern.ch/downloading-root ? Or should I use GitHub or Curl or wget?

Cheers,

Machiel

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Hi Machiel!

Indeed, https://root.cern/downloading-root is the canonical web page for releases! You can also check out a git tag, or even use the master (for which we check that it’s always working on all supported platforms).

Cheers, Axel.