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Katydid

v1.6.0

Katydid is a C++-based analysis toolkit for the Project 8 experiment.

Resources

• Wiki -- this document
• Reference Manual -- Doxygen class documentation included with the package

Contents

• Getting and Installing Katydid
• For Users
  • Proto-Quick-Start Guide
  • The Big Idea
  • User Interface
    • Configuration Files
    • Command-Line Options
  • Executables (outdated)
  • Processors
  • Setting up a Config File
• For Developers
  • Contributing to Katydid
  • Modules
  • Configuration
  • Developer's Guide (outdated)
• Configuration File Options
• Command Line Options
• Known Issues

Getting Help

• Send your question by email to Noah Oblath: nsoblath-at-mit.edu
• For installation problems: Katydid Installation
• Found a bug or have a suggestion: submit an issue
• For ROOT problems: ROOT Website

Requirements

• Tested on: Mac OS X and Linux
• Compilers tested: gcc (4.6 or higher) and LLVM (3.1 or higher)
• CMake 2.8 or higher
• Monarch (included as a submodule of Katydid)
• Protobuf
• Boost -- headers, plus the following libraries: date_time, filesystem, program_options, system, thread
• FFTW3 -- version 3.3 or newer
• Eigen -- optional, though some functionality will not be available without it
• ROOT -- optional, though some functionality will not be available without it
• Matlab or Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR) -- optional, though some functionality will not be available without it. Please see Library-Version-Information for version compatibility.
• log4cxx -- optional

More detailed information can be found on the Library-Version-Information page.

Copyright and Licensing

• The copyright for all original code in Katydid belongs to the the authors of Katydid and their institutions.
• Katydid is an open-source distribution. See the LICENSE file in the distribution for the full license text.