Difference between revisions of "Offline HOWTO List"

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Setup / Getting Started (Main)

The Build Scripts Method

• Build Scripts: A Version Management System for GlueX

The HDPM Method

• hdpm - Hall D Package Manager

Setup / Getting Started (Other)

• Guide to Using Git
• Installing a Modern GCC Quickly with Software Collections
• HOWTO get started with the GlueX Analysis Software on the JLab CUE
• HOWTO build the GlueX software with SCons, (Presentation)
• HOWTO mount the Hall D work disk on your desktop Linux machine

JANA / DANA

• HOWTO run a JANA program with multiple threads
• HOWTO make a plugin (old slides)
• HOWTO add private code to a DANA application
• HOWTO get a tree of low-level, DAQ quantities

Simulation

• HOWTO simulate b₁π events
• HOWTO to simulate a single-particle gun
• HOWTO to generate electromagnetic background
• HOWTO run the semi-parametric Monte Carlo
• HOWTO convert MC data to EVIO and replay it
• HOWTO install and run HDGeant4
• HOWTO merge real noise into simulated events
• HOWTO merge events from different sources
• HOWTO run hdgeant simulations using ccdb geometry
• HOWTO use hdgeant4 as a beam Monte Carlo generator
• HOWTO force hdgeant4 to decay particles in certain channels
• HOWTO perform a triplet polarimeter simulation
• HOWTO generate Bethe-Heitler pairs in the GlueX target
• HOWTO run an analysis launch on bggen simulations
• HOWTO Use EvtGen to simulate particle decays in GlueX

Geometry & Calibration

• HOWTO Access Calibration Constants from JANA/DANA (updates needed)
• HOWTO Access Geometry Information from JANA/DANA
• HOWTO Quickly access Geometry Information using hd_geom_query
• HOWTO Modify the Detector Geometry
• HOWTO visually inspect the simulation geometry
• HOWTO build the CCDB
• HOWTO Install CCDB on your local machine

Analysis

• HOWTO Perform a GlueX Analysis
• HOWTO Execute a Launch using NERSC
• HOWTO Execute a Launch using PSC
• HOWTO Use TMVA for a Boosted Decision Tree Analysis
• Analysis Software FAQ
• Submitting SWIF Analysis Jobs (deprecated)
• Transition from SWIF to SWIF2
• HOWTO extract photons or pi0's from the framework
• HOWTO do a kinematic fit for etapi0p events
• HOWTO use AmpTools on the JLab farm GPUs
• HOWTO use AmpTools on the JLab farm with MPI

Software Management

• HOWTO install and/or create software packages
• HOWTO use the scan-build Code Analyzer
• HOWTO use the GlueX Singularity Container
• HOWTO run jobs on the osg using the GlueX singularity container
• HOWTO use prebuilt GlueX software from any linux user account using cvmfsexec
• HOWTO Install and Use the CVMFS Client
• HOWTO Create a New Hall D Software Release

GlueX Software with GCC 8

• HOWTO Run Gluex Software with GCC 8 in a CentOS 7 Container
• HOWTO Run GlueX Software with GCC 8 in a CentOS 8 Container
• HOWTO Run Gluex Software with a GCC 8 module
• Use a RHEL8 node (jlabl5)

Miscellaneous

• HOWTO Copy data offsite using Globus
• HOWTO Check for memory leaks with valgrind
• HOWTO do a Radiation Length Scan
• HOWTO Project a charged track to a radius or plane
• HOWTO Convert a B-field Map from Excel
• HOWTO archive files to the tape library
• HOWTO archive a large directory of files to the tape library
• HOWTO use the stand-alone HDDS system
• HOWTO get your jobs to run on the Grid
• HOWTO save tracking results to an HDDM or EVIO file for later playback
• HOWTO ded: Install & Run
• HOWTO get started with the RootSpy GUI software
• HOWTO diagnose segmentation faults in reconstruction software
• HOWTO get a personal web directory at JLab
• HOWTO use the grid
• HOWTO backup and install the GlueX wiki
• HOWTO build and install GEANT4.10.02 on OS X
• HOWTO establish a remote desktop on the ifarm starting from Windows
• HOWTO copy a file from the ifarm to home
• HOWTO update a condition on the RCDB