Garfield installation issue

[ahmer_k]

i’m installing garfield and during that installation i’m having troubled during this. any one help for its installation. thanks for your time.

[hschindl]

Hi,
as you can see from the error message, cloning the git repository didn’t work because the directory ~/Desktop/garfield is not empty.

Which is true because you have an archive garfield-v2.tar.gz there, which seems to contain the source code for a different software which is also called Garfield but has nothing to do with Garfield++.

Can you make sure the directory ~/Desktop/garfield is empty and try again? Or use a different destination path in git clone?

[ahmer_k]

thanks dear i’ll try. and thanks for your time too.

[ahmer_k]

hschindl what to do next after the completing this git clone downloading?

[hschindl]

You can find instructions here (“Building the project”)

README.md · master · garfield / garfieldpp

or here (“Building the project from source”):

Garfield++

[ahmer_k]

thanks dear for your instructions and time but now i’m getting this.

[ahmer_k]

check if anyone can help.

[Wile_E_Coyote]

Fatal error when trying to run the Gem example

Below, you can find simple instructions on how to build Garfield++ (with examples) from scratch. Try (in case of problems, inspect the three created “*.out.txt” files): # ... assuming you are using a bash like shell ... source /full/path/to/your/root/bin/thisroot.sh # setup your ROOT export GARFIELD_HOME=${PWD}/garfieldpp # where to build Garfield++ rm -rf ${GARFIELD_HOME} # make sure you start with an empty directory git clone --depth=1 https://gitlab.cern.ch/garfield/garfieldpp.git ${GARFIEL…

[hschindl]

Hi,
the square brackets are meant to indicate optional arguments. If you are happy with the default settings you can just type:
cmake $GARFIELD_HOME

[hschindl]

One more thing: from what I can see in the screenshot you sent, you set the environment variable $GARFIELD_HOME to /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield, but then you cloned the repository to /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield/garfield-2 and created your build directory in /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield. I’m not sure if this is what you intended to do, but if it is, you need to modify the argument of the cmake command:

cmake /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield/garfield-2

[Qurat-ul-Ain_Zahoor]

can u tell me that what is the procedure to install garfield++. i want to install it on my laptop .kindly help me

[hschindl]

Garfield++

or

README.md · master · garfield / garfieldpp

[Qurat-ul-Ain_Zahoor]

hi i also wants to download garfield ++ for simulation.can u please guide me that how to install it the procedure that will help me
it would be a great favour for me
thanks

[Wile_E_Coyote]

Fatal error when trying to run the Gem example

Below, you can find simple instructions on how to build Garfield++ (with examples) from scratch. Try (in case of problems, inspect the three created “*.out.txt” files): # ... assuming you are using a bash like shell ... source /full/path/to/your/root/bin/thisroot.sh # setup your ROOT export GARFIELD_HOME=${PWD}/garfieldpp # where to build Garfield++ rm -rf ${GARFIELD_HOME} # make sure you start with an empty directory git clone --depth=1 https://gitlab.cern.ch/garfield/garfieldpp.git ${GARFIEL…

[hschindl]

Hi,
did you try the installation instructions on the website (links posted above)?

[ahmer_k]

yes but i make the garfield-2 because of error to cloned it. and by following to paper you sent to me i make the directory build in garfield.

[ahmer_k]

i’m getting this error.

[Qurat-ul-Ain_Zahoor]

yes i have and aldo install root file cmake .kindly tell me how to install it and how to properly do procedures

[Wile_E_Coyote]

Fatal error when trying to run the Gem example

Below, you can find simple instructions on how to build Garfield++ (with examples) from scratch. Try (in case of problems, inspect the three created “*.out.txt” files): # ... assuming you are using a bash like shell ... source /full/path/to/your/root/bin/thisroot.sh # setup your ROOT export GARFIELD_HOME=${PWD}/garfieldpp # where to build Garfield++ rm -rf ${GARFIELD_HOME} # make sure you start with an empty directory git clone --depth=1 https://gitlab.cern.ch/garfield/garfieldpp.git ${GARFIEL…

[hschindl]

Ok, so you cloned the repository to the directory /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield/garfield/garfield-2. If that is what you want, please do the following:

1. Source the thisroot.sh script. I’m assuming your root installation is located in /home/ahmer/Desktop/root. If this is not the case, please adapt the path accordingly.
   source /home/ahmer/Desktop/root/bin/thisroot.sh
2. Set the environment variable GARFIELD_HOME to point to the directory that contains the Garfield++ source tree.
   export GARFIELD_HOME=/home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield/garfield/garfield-2
3. Follow the usual instructions for building the project:

cd $GARFIELD_HOME
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make install
. $GARFIELD_HOME/build/setup.sh

Or maybe you’d prefer your Garfield++ source directory to be /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield (which I think is what you wanted in the first place)? Then please first clean out /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield:

rm -rf /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield/Build
rm -rf /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield/garfield
rm -rf /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield-2
rm -rf /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield-v2
rm /home/ahmer/Desktop/garfield-v2.tar.gz

Then redo the git clone step

git clone https://gitlab.cern.ch/garfield/garfieldpp.git $GARFIELD_HOME

and follow the standard installation instructions.