Ganga user documentation

Ganga 5.8.1-hotfix1 released Mon, 14 May 2012 09:37:50 +0000

Access to release area for all available Ganga versions

How to run

It will take you 10 seconds to start Ganga at CERN and 30 seconds to download and install on a laptop. Please complain to us if it takes more time.

Installation instructions

General Ganga Documentation

Working with Ganga - read this tutorial first

GUI manual - read Working with Ganga document first.

ATLAS-specific documentation

Ganga section of ATLAS WorkBook - tips on setting up Ganga, and running simple jobs

Ganga tutorial for ATLAS users - read in conjunction with Working with Ganga document

Using Ganga to submit jobs to NorduGrid - assumes familiarity with Ganga tutorial for ATLAS users

Using Ganga for physics analysis - recipe from B-Physics working group
Warning: still being tested

Using Ganga for small-scale production - recipe from B-Physics working group

ATLAS reference manual for Ganga Public Interface (GPI) - documentation for Ganga classes, functions and objects available to ATLAS users

LHCb-specific documentation

LHCb Ganga manual - read Working with Ganga document first. Also available in PDF format.

Ganga tutorial for LHCb users - can be complemented by other tutorials from the 3rd LHCb-UK Software Course, Edinburgh, 8th-10th January 2007

LHCb reference manual for Ganga Public Interface (GPI) - documentation for Ganga classes, functions and objects available to LHCb users

Developers/Advanced Users

Developer's Survival Guide

Other links

old documentation for versions 4.0.1, 3,2,1

Migration from previous releases

To make sure you get the latest changes in the configuration file run ganga a single time with the -g option.

This page last edited by KH on 6th June 2007