Hi, I tried the install delphes command in mad analysis and it gave me this error. MA5: ********************************************************** MA5: Installing delphes MA5: ********************************************************** MA5: Detecting a previous installation ... MA5: => found MA5: Removing the previous installation ... MA5-WARNING: Are you sure to remove the directory called '/home/abdullah/madanalysis5/tools/delphes' ? (Y/N) Answer: y MA5: How many cores would you like to use for the compilation ? default = max = 8 => Answer: 7 MA5: => Number of cores used for the compilation = 7 MA5: ********************************************************** MA5: Creating a devoted folder ... MA5: Creating a temporary folder ... MA5: Downloading the package ... MA5: - 1/1 http://cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/downloads/Delphes-3.4.2.tar.gz ... MA5: --> 'delphes.tar.gz' already exists. Package not downloaded. MA5: Unpacking the package ... MA5: Configuring the package ... MA5: Building the package ... MA5-ERROR: impossible to build the project. For more details, see the log file: MA5-ERROR: /home/abdullah/madanalysis5/tools/delphes/compilation.log MA5: Installation NOT complete. MA5: Elapsed time = 17.48 seconds MA5: => Status: [FAILURE] MA5: ********************************************************** MA5: the config file is given as: Makefile ready To build Delphes type make the compilation log is: >> Generating tmp/classes/ClassesDict.cc >> Generating tmp/external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootAnalysisDict.cc >> Generating tmp/modules/ModulesDict.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesClasses.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesCylindricalFormula.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesFactory.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesFormula.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesHepMCReader.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesLHEFReader.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesModule.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesPileUpReader.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesPileUpWriter.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesSTDHEPReader.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesStream.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesTF2.cc >> Compiling classes/DelphesXDRReader.cc classes/DelphesXDRReader.cc: In member function ‘void DelphesXDRReader::ReadRaw(void*, int)’: classes/DelphesXDRReader.cc:76:10: warning: ignoring return value of ‘size_t fread(void*, size_t, size_t, FILE*)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result] 76 | fread(value, 1, size + rndup, fFile); | ~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Compiling classes/DelphesXDRWriter.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootConfReader.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootFilter.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootProgressBar.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootResult.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootTask.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootTreeBranch.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootTreeReader.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootTreeWriter.cc >> Compiling external/ExRootAnalysis/ExRootUtilities.cc >> Compiling external/Hector/H_AbstractBeamLine.cc classes/DelphesTF2.cc: In constructor ‘DelphesTF2::DelphesTF2()’: classes/DelphesTF2.cc:35:27: error: no match for ‘operator=’ (operand types are ‘std::unique_ptr’ and ‘TFormula*’) 35 | fFormula = new TFormula(); | ^ In file included from /usr/include/c++/9/memory:80, from /home/abdullah/root/include/ROOT/TypeTraits.hxx:15, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TString.h:30, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TNamed.h:26, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TFormula.h:15, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TF1.h:29, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TF2.h:26, from ./classes/DelphesTF2.h:22, from classes/DelphesTF2.cc:19: /usr/include/c++/9/bits/unique_ptr.h:305:7: note: candidate: ‘std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>& std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>::operator=(std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>&&) [with _Tp = TFormula; _Dp = std::default_delete]’ 305 | operator=(unique_ptr&& __u) noexcept | ^~~~~~~~ /usr/include/c++/9/bits/unique_ptr.h:305:30: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘TFormula*’ to ‘std::unique_ptr&&’ 305 | operator=(unique_ptr&& __u) noexcept | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~ /usr/include/c++/9/bits/unique_ptr.h:325:2: note: candidate: ‘template typename std::enable_if::pointer, typename std::__uniq_ptr_impl<_Tp, _Dp>::pointer>, std::__not_ > >, std::is_assignable<_T2&, _U2&&> >::value, std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>&>::type std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>::operator=(std::unique_ptr<_Up, _Ep>&&) [with _Up = _Up; _Ep = _Ep; _Tp = TFormula; _Dp = std::default_delete]’ 325 | operator=(unique_ptr<_Up, _Ep>&& __u) noexcept | ^~~~~~~~ /usr/include/c++/9/bits/unique_ptr.h:325:2: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed: classes/DelphesTF2.cc:35:27: note: mismatched types ‘std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>’ and ‘TFormula*’ 35 | fFormula = new TFormula(); | ^ In file included from /usr/include/c++/9/memory:80, from /home/abdullah/root/include/ROOT/TypeTraits.hxx:15, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TString.h:30, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TNamed.h:26, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TFormula.h:15, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TF1.h:29, from /home/abdullah/root/include/TF2.h:26, from ./classes/DelphesTF2.h:22, from classes/DelphesTF2.cc:19: /usr/include/c++/9/bits/unique_ptr.h:334:7: note: candidate: ‘std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>& std::unique_ptr<_Tp, _Dp>::operator=(std::nullptr_t) [with _Tp = TFormula; _Dp = std::default_delete; std::nullptr_t = std::nullptr_t]’ 334 | operator=(nullptr_t) noexcept | ^~~~~~~~ /usr/include/c++/9/bits/unique_ptr.h:334:17: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘TFormula*’ to ‘std::nullptr_t’ 334 | operator=(nullptr_t) noexcept | ^~~~~~~~~ make: *** [Makefile:2430: tmp/classes/DelphesTF2.o] Error 1 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... also if the error doesn't seem to resolve, can you recommend me a madanalysis5 version that is compatible with ubunti 20.04 regards

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