Running ROOT gives "Argument list too long"

ROOT
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Hi,
I am trying to install root version 6.10.00 on Ubuntu 16.04.
The configure/make/make install procedure went fine but when I try to run ROOT from the command line I receive this response:

 root@frhesimul:/opt/root-6.10.00/root-6.10.00# root
 /usr/share/root/bin/root: 5: /usr/share/root/bin/root: /usr/share/root/bin/root: Argument list too long
 root@frhesimul:/opt/root-6.10.00/root-6.10.00#

Checking the file “/usr/share/root/bin/root” seems like that it is simply setting some paths.
I searched on google and tried to modify shell resource limits with the “ulimit” command but nothing changed.

I can’t figure out how to proceed, any kind of help is really appreciated.

2

Are you setting an alias in your shell? This looks like infinite recursion was triggered somehow when deciding what root to run. Why do you have a binary directory under /usr/share/root/bin?

3

No, I haven’t set any alias. How could I select the proper root?
I don’t actually know why the bin directory is there, I haven’t created it.

4

If you are using the classic build, please try again with CMake. The classic build is deprecated and may have some bugs.

5

Ok, that could be the problem. Now I’m trying to use cmake and seems that it is working fine ( except some errors but they are not related to this topic ).
Thanks!