Let's install CheckMATE! We need some tools (like a Python package called scipy) required by CheckMATE. In a browser, navigate to the Anaconda installer at: https://www.anaconda.com/download/#linux . Click on "Download 2.7 Version". Now install in your home directory: > bash Anaconda2-5.1.0-Linux-x86_64.sh Answer all the prompts, and then the installation begins. You will see a prompt: Do you wish the installer to prepend the Anaconda2 install location to PATH in your /home/potter/.bashrc ? [yes|no] [no] >>> yes Make sure to answer yes. Now logout and log back in. Do: > python -V Python 2.7.14 :: Anaconda, Inc. To verify you have Anaconda python. Now source the following to enable some newer versions of tools: > source /opt/rh/devtoolset-3/enable Now let's grab CheckMATE from the web, unpack it, configure it by letting it know where Root and Delphes are installed, and make (using all four cores): > wget http://www.hepforge.org/archive/checkmate/CheckMATE-2.0.26.tar.gz > tar -xvzf CheckMATE-2.0.26.tar.gz > cd CheckMATE-2.0.26 > ./configure --with-rootsys=$ROOTSYS --with-delphes=/home/potter/Delphes-3.4.1 > make -j4 The make takes a few minutes. We test the installation on a test file provided with the package: > cd bin > ./CheckMATE -n example -ev=example_run_cards/auxiliary/testfile.hep -xs="1 fb" You should get "Result: Allowed". Next week we'll generate a MSSM Higgs spectrum and test it against CheckMATE.