Offline HOWTO List

Setup / Getting Started

• HOWTO get started with Hall-D Software
• HOWTO get started with Hall-D Software on the JLab CUE
• HOWTO get started quickly with Hall-D Software
• HOWTO install HallD software on Ubuntu from scratch
• HOWTO set up the GlueX environment
• HOWTO use a pre-built release
• 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 generate electromagnetic background
• HOWTO run the semi-parametric Monte Carlo
• HOWTO convert MC data to EVIO and replay it

Geometry & Calibration

• HOWTO Access Calibration Constants from JANA/DANA
• 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

Analysis

• HOWTO Perform a GlueX Analysis
• HOWTO Use TMVA for a Boosted Decision Tree Analysis
• Analysis Software FAQ

Software Management

• HOWTO Create a Hall-D Software Release
• HOWTO install and/or create software packages
• HOWTO use the scan-build Code Analyzer

Miscellaneous

• 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 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 GEANT4.10.00 on OS X