Try (build it in “/tmp/ROOT/root”, install it into “/opt/ROOT/v5-34-00-patches”) … cd /tmp
rm -rf ROOT
mkdir ROOT
cd ROOT
svn co http://root.cern.ch/svn/root/branches/v5-34-00-patches root
cd root
export ROOTSYS=/opt/ROOT/v5-34-00-patches
rm -rf ${ROOTSYS}
./configure --enable-explicitlink --enable-soversion --all
make
make install
cd /tmp
rm -rf ROOT Then … cd
source /opt/ROOT/v5-34-00-patches/bin/thisroot.sh
root