Using ROOT with windows subsystem for Linux in Thinkpad 470s (i7-7600U, 8GB RAM)

RAJ · June 30, 2023, 9:36am

I want to know whether working with ROOT in Thinkpad 470s (i7-7600U, 8GB RAM) is fine. Should I add more RAM?

I keep encountering problem while build root from source through this command:

cmake --build . – install -j8

The process slows down and show zero progress for hours without any background processes going on. Can it be just network issue?

A screenshot has been attached.

Now I am running: cmake --build . – install -j4
It is perfectly slowing down again at 63%.

mczurylo · June 30, 2023, 9:49am

Hi @RAJ,

welcome to the root forum! Maybe @bellenot could answer your question?

Cheers,
Marta

bellenot · June 30, 2023, 9:53am

Hi, I don’t know what could be the issue you have, but I have a question: WSL is Linux. Which flavor is it? If it’s Ubuntu, you should consider using a pre-build binary, unless you have good reasons of building it yourself?

RAJ · June 30, 2023, 10:15am

Yes. It is ubuntu 22.04.2. I didn’t know much about. I was just following the website instructions.

RAJ · June 30, 2023, 10:17am

And this is the current situation.

bellenot · June 30, 2023, 10:59am

Then you could try to install our Ubuntu 22.04 binary available from Release 62804 - ROOT

RAJ · June 30, 2023, 11:32am

Thank you. Will try this if I have further issues.

The problem did not reappear. So, it’s done for now.