The slsDetectorGUI is based on Qt4 with Qwt libraries. -Qt4.6 installation: Download the opend source version: ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.2.tar.gz To install: gunzip qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.2.tar.gz tar xvf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.6.2.tar ./configure make make install By default Qt4 will be installed int /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.6.2/ Edit your .bashrc: export QTDIR=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.6.2 export PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH If your system also have Qt3 installed, make sure that QTDIR, PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH point to Qt4 before installing Qwt (and of course compiling and running the GUI). - Qwt5.2 installation Download the sources: svn co https://qwt.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/qwt/branches/qwt-5.2 To install: cd qwt-5.2 qmake make make install By default Qwt will be installed in /usr/local/qwt-5.2.3-svn/ Edit your .bashrc: export QWTDIR=/usr/local/qwt-5.2.3-svn/ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QWTDIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH - The calibration wizards are based on the cern root software Download the sources svn co https://root.cern.ch/svn/root/trunk root To install: cd root ./configure --enable-qt make make install edit your .bashrc: export ROOTSYS=/usr/local/root export PATH=$ROOTSYS/bin:$PATH export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOTSYS/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH You can also download the binaries, assuming that your linuc and gcc versions match: http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/production-version-534