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Software is installed in /code/Delphes_V_1.8. Should need to make the following changes to your environment variables.

[~]$ export PATH=$PATH:/code/Delphes_V_1.8
[~]$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/code/Delphes_V_1.8/Utilities/FROG/Lib

These add the Delphes binary to your PATH and tell the system where to find the FROG library.

Run Delphes -h for the syntax of the command:

[~]$ Delphes -h
 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) 

Examples and alternative data card setups can be found in /code/Delphes_V_1.8.