Installing root on Ubuntu 24.04 VM running on parallels on a Mac M3 Pro

ROOT
1

Dear experts,

I am running a VM Ubuntu 24.04 in Parallels on a Mac M3 Pro (Sonoma 14.7.3) :

In the Ubuntu VM:

uname -a
Linux ubuntu-linux-2404 6.8.0-58-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 14 18:09:50 UTC 2025 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

I am trying to install root, ideally using a binary distribution, but I am only finding the x86 versions, i.e.:

Ubuntu 24.04 ➜ root_v6.32.12.Linux-ubuntu24.04-x86_64-gcc13.3.tar.gz

Is there a binary distribution I could use here? If not, what would be the best way to install root on this VM?

Many thanks!
Thorsten

2

That’s the file you need, just uncompress it and do the usual (source the thisroot.sh file…). Did you try it and had any problems? Also install the dependencies before using ROOT.

3

Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried this one already, it leads to this:

parallels:~$ tar xvzf root_v6.32.10.Linux-ubuntu24.04-x86_64-gcc13.3.tar.gz
root/
root/ui5/
root/ui5/distribution/
root/ui5/distribution/LICENSE.txt
…

parallels:~ source root/bin/thisroot.sh parallels:~ root
bash: /home/parallels/root/bin/root: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

which is put down to this mismatch:

parallels:~$ file root/bin/root
root/bin/root: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=67697b58700b5a65dd9692c19a21c5bcb3faee0d, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, not stripped

parallels:~$ uname -a
Linux ubuntu-linux-2404 6.8.0-58-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 14 18:09:50 UTC 2025 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

i.e. trying to run a x86 binary on a aarch64 architecture. Hence my question if there is a binary version for this architecture - or did I misinterpret this?

Cheers,
Thorsten

4

I see, I missed the aarch64 bits. So if the macOS arm binaries don’t work (I don’t know, I don’t use that) you’ll have to build it yourself; try Building ROOT from source - ROOT or Search results for 'compile arm order:latest' - ROOT Forum, maybe some else has done it.

5

Indeed the macOS binaries do not work either, so it seems installing from source would be the only option.

Thanks,
Thorsten