To install Delphes:
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1) untar the sources:
  tar -xvf Delphes_V_1.8.tar.gz

2) go to the directory:
  cd Delphes_V_1.8

3) generate the Makefile corresponding to your environment:
  ./genMakefile.tcl > Makefile

4) compile the sources
  make

If the compilation succeeds, one reads:
  Delphes has been compiled
  Ready to run


To run Delphes:
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1) create a list of input files that you want to process, 
   - with one file name (or path/name) per line
   - all files should be of the same type in a given list-file.
   name your list-file as you prefer, for instance "inputlist.list"

2) run the command line
   ./Delphes inputlist.list outputfile.root

3) this will run Delphes. Once completed, you should have the file "outputfile.root" ready for analyses.


To run particular setup files:
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Usage: ./Delphes input_file output_file [detector_card] [trigger_card]
 input_list - list of files in Ntpl, StdHep, HepMC or LHEF format,
 output_file - output file.
 detector_card - Datacard containing resolution variables for the detector simulation (optional)
 trigger_card - Datacard containing the trigger algorithms (optional)

The default detector and trigger cards for the ATLAS and CMS detectors are located in the "data/" subdirectory
  data/DetectorCard_ATLAS.dat   &	data/TriggerCard_ATLAS.dat 
  data/DetectorCard_CMS.dat	&	data/TriggerCard_CMS.dat
  data/DetectorCard.dat		&	data/TriggerCard.dat

 
For more details, have a look at the User Manual at the end of this document
http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2225
arXiv:0903.2225v1 [hep-ph] 


-- last change 05/11/2009 --