# Compulsory dependencies

**ROOT:**
: An oriented-object package that offers many possibilities for data handling, analysis, display... 
{cite}`Brun1997pa` Sources, binaries and documentation are available at 
[http://root.cern.ch](http://root.cern.ch) (version used is {{rootversion}})

**Cmake:**
: Free and open-source software for managing the build process of compiled software 
{cite}`martin2007open`. It is available at [http://www.cmake.org/](http://www.cmake.org/) (version 
used is {{cmakeversion}})

**CPPUnit:**
: Unit testing framework for C++ programming {cite}`feathers2002cppunit`. It is available at 
[http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/](http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/) (version used 
is {{cppunitversion}})