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        CoMPASS Readme file
        
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        Package for Linux 

        June 2025


 The complete documentation can be found in the User's Manual on CAEN's web
 site at: http://www.caen.it.


 Content
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 README			: This file.

 releasenotes.txt	: Release Notes of the last software release.

 Caen Software License.txt	  : CAEN license agreement.


 System Requirements
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 - 64-bit operating system
 - glibc 2.34 or higher
 - glibcxx 3.4.30 or higher
 - gcc and g++ 11.4.0 or higher


 Credits
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 CoMPASS is made possible by other third part open source software.
 - Qt
   - https://www.qt.io/
   - GNU LGPLv3 license - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html
   - Version 5.15.2 - Source code available at https://wiki.qt.io/Building_Qt_5_from_Git#Getting_the_source_code
   - Built shared libraries included under plot/linux/bin/Qt and plot/linux/bin/platforms
   
 - ROOT
   - https://root.cern.ch/
   - GNU LGPLv3 license - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html
   - Version 6-28-06 - Source code available at https://root.cern/install/#build-from-source
   - Built shared libraries included under plot/linux/lib


 Installation notes
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  - The software comes as a standalone package and doesn't need to be compiled

  - Execute as root the install.sh script. This will create a link to the CoMPASS command under /usr/local/bin

  - To uninstall, simply remove the CoMPASS-x.y.z folder
