Here you find information which packages are needed to be able to install FairRoot on a new system. The list for the different different Linux flavors must not be complete.
zypper install libXpm-devel libXext-devel libXft-devel libX11-devel libXmu-devel Mesa-libGL-devel Mesa-libGLU-devel subversion cmake make patch gcc gcc-c++ gcc-fortran
yum install libXpm-devel libXext-devel libXft-devel libX11-devel libXmu-devel mesa-libGL-devel mesa-libGLU-devel subversion cmake make patch gcc gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran
-- FlorianUhlig - 31 Aug 2012