How to view geometry after developing a .cpp file

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Hi, I recently installed Geant4 10.6 on ubuntu and i am trying to go through the user guide for developers. In order to follow the examples in the document, i will like to find out how to run the .cpp file in Geant4 in order to view it as in the example B1, that i successfully built after installation. Thank you

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Is your question about how to execute an example?

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Hi Idrissi, thank you for the reply. Yes, how to execute an example. From the example B1 i can see 2 folders “include” and “src” as well as a “cmakelists” file in addition to the .cc file. Do i have to develop all the .hh files in the 'include" folder and the .cc files in the “src” folder?

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In your example which contains src and include directories create a new directory ( name it build)… with the terminal place in build ana use following commands :
1- cmake …
2- make
An you find an executable file then use the command ::
3- ./exampleB1 (for B1 Geant4 example )

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Hi,
you can try this sequence of command:

mkdir $HOME/buildB1
cd $HOME/buildB1
cmake -DGeant4_DIR=$G4COMP $G4EXAMPLES/basic/B1
make
./exampleB1

G4COMP is the path to geant4 installation and G4EXAMPLES to the examples directory, you should change this two to fit you system installation.
Regards,
Kiko

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Thank you for this Idrissi

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Thank you for the reply Kiko