Getting Started

Setting up Root

Checking Root installation

CheckMATE uses ROOT for a variety of tasks and relies on the detector simulation Delphes which is also based on ROOT. Therefore, it is inevitable that all users has a fully working ROOT installation available on their system.
CheckMATE works with precompiled ROOT binaries which can be found here.

If you have no idea if ROOT is available for you, try root-config --prefix --has-minuit2 inside the terminal. If you are already familiar with ROOT and use a local installation, just call the local /bin/root-config executable

If the root-config command returned a directory followed by yes or nor, please enter the directory below, select the corresponding answer and hit the button to continue.

If, however, the command returned something like command not found or The program is currently not installed, then please make sure that you have set the path to your ROOT installation (please refer to the root webpage for details). If you indeed do not have ROOT available you should download a precompiled version. If you really have to build it manually, which we DO NOT recommend, then please read the following instructions.

Please enter below the directory where you want ROOT to be installed (e.g. something like /home/programs/root)