The code is installed at CERN on the ION Work Group Server. The ALICE environment is automatically setup at login time, so users can immediately start using the code. Both a HP-UX and a Linux versions are installed.
All the code and the related material is available in the directory pointed by the variable $ALICE_ROOT. The AliRoot package needs the few packages and routines from the CERN Library. These are contained in a reduced subset of the CERN Library available from the ALICE distribution.
Users who do not have access to afs or who want to have a local installation of the ALICE software should install the code locally according to the procedure described in the next chapter.
As of writing the code has been tested on HP-UX 10.2, RedHat Linux 5 and 6, DEC OSF and Solaris. Porting to other platforms and compilers will take place.
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