Using ROOT in combination with scons

root_test.cc

#include "TApplication.h"
#include "TCanvas.h"
#include "TH1F.h"

int main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
    TApplication my_app("tapp", &argc, argv);
    TCanvas my_canvas("c1", "c1");
    TH1F my_histo("h1", "h1", 100, -5., 5.);
    my_histo.FillRandom("gaus", 100000);
    my_histo.Draw();
    my_canvas.Update();
    my_app.Run();
    return 0;
}

SConstruct

import subprocess

root_link_flags = subprocess.check_output(['root-config', '--libs']).split()
root_cc_flags = subprocess.check_output(['root-config', '--cflags']).split()

Program(target="root_test", source=["root_test.cc"],
        CCFLAGS = root_cc_flags, LINKFLAGS = root_link_flags)