How exactly does ROOT work

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@esh187

It does basic addition and such but it cannot do anything else really. Is there a way I can use ROOT on windows using WSL such Ubuntu or something?

Check here for ROOT with WSL:

Complete ROOT Installation Instructions for WSL (Ubuntu 18.04 on Windows 10)

From @olifre : Install WSL ( https://aka.ms/install ) and then Ubuntu 18.04 from the Windows Store. The first step is not needed anymore for most recent Windows 10 versions, I think. Start the freshly installed Ubuntu Bash shell and install the dependencies and some build tools: sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade sudo apt install build-essential libtbb-dev libtiff5 x11-apps git Now there’s no graphics, since WSL does not ship any X server. You can fix that e.g. by installing Xming and…

If you get an error from the second command in step 2, add “–fix-missing”, like this:
sudo apt install build-essential libtbb-dev libtiff5 x11-apps git --fix-missing
It works well with Ubuntu 18.04; I haven’t tried with 20.04 but should work --I tried the compiled version for 18.04 on a ‘real’ Unbuntu 20.04 and it works.