diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 91450bcab748..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,253 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, callPackage
-, fetchgit
-, fetchurl
-, makeWrapper
-, writeText
-, cmake
-, coreutils
-, git
-, davix
-, ftgl
-, gl2ps
-, glew
-, gnugrep
-, gnused
-, gsl
-, gtest
-, lapack
-, libX11
-, libXpm
-, libXft
-, libXext
-, libGLU
-, libGL
-, libxcrypt
-, libxml2
-, llvm_16
-, lsof
-, lz4
-, xz
-, man
-, openblas
-, openssl
-, pcre
-, nlohmann_json
-, pkg-config
-, procps
-, python
-, which
-, xxHash
-, zlib
-, zstd
-, giflib
-, libjpeg
-, libtiff
-, libpng
-, patchRcPathCsh
-, patchRcPathFish
-, patchRcPathPosix
-, tbb
-, xrootd
-, Cocoa
-, CoreSymbolication
-, OpenGL
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "root";
-  version = "6.32.06";
-
-  passthru = {
-    tests = import ./tests { inherit callPackage; };
-  };
-
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v${version}.source.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-P8Ay2T/oSN6lrbG0fY8KhieVIyk/7gqis81Sof+rckc=";
-  };
-
-  clad_src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://github.com/vgvassilev/clad";
-    # Make sure that this is the same tag as in the ROOT build files!
-    # https://github.com/root-project/root/blob/master/interpreter/cling/tools/plugins/clad/CMakeLists.txt#L76
-    rev = "refs/tags/v1.7";
-    hash = "sha256-iKrZsuUerrlrjXBrxcTsFu/t0Pb0sa4UlfSwd1yhg3g=";
-  };
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper cmake pkg-config git ];
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    nlohmann_json
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    davix
-    ftgl
-    gl2ps
-    glew
-    pcre
-    zlib
-    zstd
-    lapack
-    libxcrypt
-    libxml2
-    llvm_16
-    lz4
-    xz
-    gsl
-    gtest
-    openblas
-    openssl
-    xxHash
-    giflib
-    libjpeg
-    libtiff
-    libpng
-    patchRcPathCsh
-    patchRcPathFish
-    patchRcPathPosix
-    python.pkgs.numpy
-    tbb
-    xrootd
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ libX11 libXpm libXft libXext libGLU libGL ]
-  ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ Cocoa CoreSymbolication OpenGL ]
-  ;
-
-  patches = [
-    ./sw_vers.patch
-  ];
-
-  preConfigure = ''
-    for path in builtins/*; do
-      if [[ "$path" != "builtins/openui5" ]] && [[ "$path" != "builtins/rendercore" ]]; then
-        rm -rf "$path"
-      fi
-    done
-    substituteInPlace cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake \
-      --replace-fail 'set(lcgpackages ' '#set(lcgpackages '
-
-    # We have to bypass the connection check, because it would disable clad.
-    # This should probably be fixed upstream with a flag to disable the
-    # connectivity check!
-    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail 'if(clad AND NO_CONNECTION)' 'if(FALSE)'
-    # Make sure that clad is not downloaded when building
-    substituteInPlace interpreter/cling/tools/plugins/clad/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail 'UPDATE_COMMAND ""' 'SOURCE_DIR ${clad_src} DOWNLOAD_COMMAND "" UPDATE_COMMAND ""'
-    # Make sure that clad is finding the right llvm version
-    substituteInPlace interpreter/cling/tools/plugins/clad/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail '-DLLVM_DIR=''${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}' '-DLLVM_DIR=${llvm_16.dev}/lib/cmake/llvm'
-
-    substituteInPlace interpreter/llvm-project/clang/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail 'add_clang_symlink(''${link} clang)' ""
-
-    # Don't require textutil on macOS
-    : > cmake/modules/RootCPack.cmake
-
-    # Hardcode path to fix use with cmake
-    sed -i cmake/scripts/ROOTConfig.cmake.in \
-      -e '1iset(nlohmann_json_DIR "${nlohmann_json}/lib/cmake/nlohmann_json/")'
-
-    patchShebangs build/unix/
-  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
-    # Eliminate impure reference to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
-    substituteInPlace core/macosx/CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace-fail "-F/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks " ""
-  '' + lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinMinVersion "11") ''
-    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.16
-  '';
-
-  cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=bin"
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
-    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
-    "-Dbuiltin_llvm=OFF"
-    "-Dfail-on-missing=ON"
-    "-Dfitsio=OFF"
-    "-Dgnuinstall=ON"
-    "-Dmathmore=ON"
-    "-Dmysql=OFF"
-    "-Dpgsql=OFF"
-    "-Dsqlite=OFF"
-    "-Dvdt=OFF"
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optional (stdenv.cc.libc != null) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include"
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    "-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OpenGL}/Library/Frameworks"
-
-    # fatal error: module map file '/nix/store/<hash>-Libsystem-osx-10.12.6/include/module.modulemap' not found
-    # fatal error: could not build module '_Builtin_intrinsics'
-    "-Druntime_cxxmodules=OFF"
-  ];
-
-  postInstall = ''
-    for prog in rootbrowse rootcp rooteventselector rootls rootmkdir rootmv rootprint rootrm rootslimtree; do
-      wrapProgram "$out/bin/$prog" \
-        --set PYTHONPATH "$out/lib"
-    done
-
-    # Make ldd and sed available to the ROOT executable by prefixing PATH.
-    wrapProgram "$out/bin/root" \
-      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [
-        gnused # sed
-        stdenv.cc # c++ ld etc.
-        stdenv.cc.libc # ldd
-      ]}"
-
-    # Patch thisroot.{sh,csh,fish}
-
-    # The main target of `thisroot.sh` is "bash-like shells",
-    # but it also need to support Bash-less POSIX shell like dash,
-    # as they are mentioned in `thisroot.sh`.
-
-    patchRcPathPosix "$out/bin/thisroot.sh" "${lib.makeBinPath [
-      coreutils # dirname tail
-      gnugrep # grep
-      gnused # sed
-      lsof # lsof
-      man # manpath
-      procps # ps
-      which # which
-    ]}"
-    patchRcPathCsh "$out/bin/thisroot.csh" "${lib.makeBinPath [
-      coreutils
-      gnugrep
-      gnused
-      lsof # lsof
-      man
-      which
-    ]}"
-    patchRcPathFish "$out/bin/thisroot.fish" "${lib.makeBinPath [
-      coreutils
-      man
-      which
-    ]}"
-  '';
-
-  # error: aligned allocation function of type 'void *(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer
-  env.CXXFLAGS = lib.optionalString (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-darwin") "-faligned-allocation";
-
-  # workaround for
-  # https://github.com/root-project/root/issues/14778
-  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) "--version-script,${writeText "version.map" "ROOT { global: *; };"}";
-
-  # To use the debug information on the fly (without installation)
-  # add the outPath of root.debug into NIX_DEBUG_INFO_DIRS (in PATH-like format)
-  # and make sure that gdb from Nixpkgs can be found in PATH.
-  #
-  # Darwin currently fails to support it (#203380)
-  # we set it to true hoping to benefit from the future fix.
-  # Before that, please make sure if root.debug exists before using it.
-  separateDebugInfo = true;
-
-  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    homepage = "https://root.cern/";
-    description = "Data analysis framework";
-    platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.guitargeek maintainers.veprbl ];
-    license = licenses.lgpl21;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/package.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6c0c9b9b5dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/package.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  callPackage,
+  fetchgit,
+  fetchurl,
+  makeWrapper,
+  writeText,
+  apple-sdk,
+  cmake,
+  coreutils,
+  git,
+  davix,
+  ftgl,
+  gl2ps,
+  glew,
+  gnugrep,
+  gnused,
+  gsl,
+  gtest,
+  lapack,
+  libX11,
+  libXpm,
+  libXft,
+  libXext,
+  libGLU,
+  libGL,
+  libxcrypt,
+  libxml2,
+  llvm_16,
+  lsof,
+  lz4,
+  xz,
+  man,
+  openblas,
+  openssl,
+  pcre,
+  nlohmann_json,
+  pkg-config,
+  procps,
+  python3,
+  which,
+  xxHash,
+  zlib,
+  zstd,
+  giflib,
+  libjpeg,
+  libtiff,
+  libpng,
+  patchRcPathCsh,
+  patchRcPathFish,
+  patchRcPathPosix,
+  tbb,
+  xrootd,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "root";
+  version = "6.32.08";
+
+  passthru = {
+    tests = import ./tests { inherit callPackage; };
+  };
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://root.cern.ch/download/root_v${version}.source.tar.gz";
+    hash = "sha256-Ka1JRact/xoAnDJqZbb6XuJHhJiCMlHTzvhqLL63eyc=";
+  };
+
+  clad_src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://github.com/vgvassilev/clad";
+    # Make sure that this is the same tag as in the ROOT build files!
+    # https://github.com/root-project/root/blob/master/interpreter/cling/tools/plugins/clad/CMakeLists.txt#L76
+    rev = "refs/tags/v1.7";
+    hash = "sha256-iKrZsuUerrlrjXBrxcTsFu/t0Pb0sa4UlfSwd1yhg3g=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    makeWrapper
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+    git
+  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nlohmann_json ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      davix
+      ftgl
+      gl2ps
+      glew
+      pcre
+      zlib
+      zstd
+      lapack
+      libxcrypt
+      libxml2
+      llvm_16
+      lz4
+      xz
+      gsl
+      gtest
+      openblas
+      openssl
+      xxHash
+      giflib
+      libjpeg
+      libtiff
+      libpng
+      patchRcPathCsh
+      patchRcPathFish
+      patchRcPathPosix
+      python3.pkgs.numpy
+      tbb
+      xrootd
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [ apple-sdk.privateFrameworksHook ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      libX11
+      libXpm
+      libXft
+      libXext
+      libGLU
+      libGL
+    ];
+
+  patches = [ ./sw_vers.patch ];
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      for path in builtins/*; do
+        if [[ "$path" != "builtins/openui5" ]] && [[ "$path" != "builtins/rendercore" ]]; then
+          rm -rf "$path"
+        fi
+      done
+      substituteInPlace cmake/modules/SearchInstalledSoftware.cmake \
+        --replace-fail 'set(lcgpackages ' '#set(lcgpackages '
+
+      # We have to bypass the connection check, because it would disable clad.
+      # This should probably be fixed upstream with a flag to disable the
+      # connectivity check!
+      substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
+        --replace-fail 'if(clad AND NO_CONNECTION)' 'if(FALSE)'
+      # Make sure that clad is not downloaded when building
+      substituteInPlace interpreter/cling/tools/plugins/clad/CMakeLists.txt \
+        --replace-fail 'UPDATE_COMMAND ""' 'SOURCE_DIR ${clad_src} DOWNLOAD_COMMAND "" UPDATE_COMMAND ""'
+      # Make sure that clad is finding the right llvm version
+      substituteInPlace interpreter/cling/tools/plugins/clad/CMakeLists.txt \
+        --replace-fail '-DLLVM_DIR=''${LLVM_BINARY_DIR}' '-DLLVM_DIR=${llvm_16.dev}/lib/cmake/llvm'
+
+      substituteInPlace interpreter/llvm-project/clang/tools/driver/CMakeLists.txt \
+        --replace-fail 'add_clang_symlink(''${link} clang)' ""
+
+      # Don't require textutil on macOS
+      : > cmake/modules/RootCPack.cmake
+
+      # Hardcode path to fix use with cmake
+      sed -i cmake/scripts/ROOTConfig.cmake.in \
+        -e '1iset(nlohmann_json_DIR "${nlohmann_json}/lib/cmake/nlohmann_json/")'
+
+      patchShebangs build/unix/
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+      # Eliminate impure reference to /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks
+      substituteInPlace core/macosx/CMakeLists.txt \
+        --replace-fail "-F/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks " ""
+    ''
+    +
+      lib.optionalString
+        (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin && lib.versionAtLeast stdenv.hostPlatform.darwinMinVersion "11")
+        ''
+          MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.16
+        '';
+
+  cmakeFlags =
+    [
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=bin"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib"
+      "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=include"
+      "-Dbuiltin_llvm=OFF"
+      "-Dfail-on-missing=ON"
+      "-Dfitsio=OFF"
+      "-Dgnuinstall=ON"
+      "-Dmathmore=ON"
+      "-Dmysql=OFF"
+      "-Dpgsql=OFF"
+      "-Dsqlite=OFF"
+      "-Dvdt=OFF"
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional (
+      (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) && (stdenv.cc.libc != null)
+    ) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include"
+    ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+      # fatal error: module map file '/nix/store/<hash>-Libsystem-osx-10.12.6/include/module.modulemap' not found
+      # fatal error: could not build module '_Builtin_intrinsics'
+      "-Druntime_cxxmodules=OFF"
+    ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    for prog in rootbrowse rootcp rooteventselector rootls rootmkdir rootmv rootprint rootrm rootslimtree; do
+      wrapProgram "$out/bin/$prog" \
+        --set PYTHONPATH "$out/lib"
+    done
+
+    # Make ldd and sed available to the ROOT executable by prefixing PATH.
+    wrapProgram "$out/bin/root" \
+      --prefix PATH : "${
+        lib.makeBinPath [
+          gnused # sed
+          stdenv.cc # c++ ld etc.
+          stdenv.cc.libc # ldd
+        ]
+      }"
+
+    # Patch thisroot.{sh,csh,fish}
+
+    # The main target of `thisroot.sh` is "bash-like shells",
+    # but it also need to support Bash-less POSIX shell like dash,
+    # as they are mentioned in `thisroot.sh`.
+
+    patchRcPathPosix "$out/bin/thisroot.sh" "${
+      lib.makeBinPath [
+        coreutils # dirname tail
+        gnugrep # grep
+        gnused # sed
+        lsof # lsof
+        man # manpath
+        procps # ps
+        which # which
+      ]
+    }"
+    patchRcPathCsh "$out/bin/thisroot.csh" "${
+      lib.makeBinPath [
+        coreutils
+        gnugrep
+        gnused
+        lsof # lsof
+        man
+        which
+      ]
+    }"
+    patchRcPathFish "$out/bin/thisroot.fish" "${
+      lib.makeBinPath [
+        coreutils
+        man
+        which
+      ]
+    }"
+  '';
+
+  # error: aligned allocation function of type 'void *(std::size_t, std::align_val_t)' is only available on macOS 10.13 or newer
+  env.CXXFLAGS = lib.optionalString (
+    stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "x86_64-darwin"
+  ) "-faligned-allocation";
+
+  # workaround for
+  # https://github.com/root-project/root/issues/14778
+  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (
+    !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+  ) "--version-script,${writeText "version.map" "ROOT { global: *; };"}";
+
+  # To use the debug information on the fly (without installation)
+  # add the outPath of root.debug into NIX_DEBUG_INFO_DIRS (in PATH-like format)
+  # and make sure that gdb from Nixpkgs can be found in PATH.
+  #
+  # Darwin currently fails to support it (#203380)
+  # we set it to true hoping to benefit from the future fix.
+  # Before that, please make sure if root.debug exists before using it.
+  separateDebugInfo = true;
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://root.cern/";
+    description = "Data analysis framework";
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [
+      maintainers.guitargeek
+      maintainers.veprbl
+    ];
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/setup-hook.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/setup-hook.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root/setup-hook.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/sw_vers.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root/sw_vers.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/tests/default.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/tests/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/tests/default.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root/tests/default.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/tests/test-thisroot.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root/tests/test-thisroot.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/tests/test-thisroot.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root/tests/test-thisroot.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/disable_libc_dicts_root5.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/disable_libc_dicts_root5.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/disable_libc_dicts_root5.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/disable_libc_dicts_root5.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/package.nix
similarity index 50%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/package.nix
index 62f80ee48096..01fb35ee76d8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/package.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
-{ lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
-, cmake
-, pcre
-, pkg-config
-, python3
-, libX11
-, libXpm
-, libXft
-, libXext
-, libGLU
-, libGL
-, zlib
-, libxml2
-, libxcrypt
-, lz4
-, xz
-, gsl
-, xxHash
-, Cocoa
-, OpenGL
-, noSplash ? false
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchurl,
+  fetchpatch,
+  cmake,
+  pcre,
+  pkg-config,
+  python3,
+  libX11,
+  libXpm,
+  libXft,
+  libXext,
+  libGLU,
+  libGL,
+  zlib,
+  libxml2,
+  libxcrypt,
+  lz4,
+  xz,
+  gsl,
+  xxHash,
+  noSplash ? false,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -33,11 +32,30 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1ln448lszw4d6jmbdphkr2plwxxlhmjkla48vmmq750xc1lxlfrc";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ pcre python3 zlib libxml2 lz4 xz gsl xxHash libxcrypt ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ libX11 libXpm libXft libXext libGLU libGL ]
-    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [ Cocoa OpenGL ]
-  ;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+  buildInputs =
+    [
+      pcre
+      python3
+      zlib
+      libxml2
+      lz4
+      xz
+      gsl
+      xxHash
+      libxcrypt
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) [
+      libX11
+      libXpm
+      libXft
+      libXext
+      libGLU
+      libGL
+    ];
 
   patches = [
     ./sw_vers_root5.patch
@@ -72,45 +90,52 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # https://github.com/root-project/root/issues/13216
   hardeningDisable = [ "fortify3" ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    # binutils 2.37 fixes
-    fixupList=(
-      cint/demo/gl/make0
-      cint/demo/exception/Makefile
-      cint/demo/makecint/KRcc/Makefile
-      cint/demo/makecint/Stub2/Make2
-      cint/demo/makecint/Array/Makefile
-      cint/demo/makecint/DArray/Makefile
-      cint/demo/makecint/ReadFile/Makefile
-      cint/demo/makecint/stl/Makefile
-      cint/demo/makecint/Stub2/Make1
-      cint/cint/include/makemat
-      cint/cint/lib/WildCard/Makefile
-      cint/cint/include/make.arc
-      cint/cint/lib/qt/Makefile
-      cint/cint/lib/pthread/Makefile
-      graf2d/asimage/src/libAfterImage/Makefile.in
-    )
-    for toFix in "''${fixupList[@]}"; do
-      substituteInPlace "$toFix" --replace "clq" "cq"
-    done
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      # binutils 2.37 fixes
+      fixupList=(
+        cint/demo/gl/make0
+        cint/demo/exception/Makefile
+        cint/demo/makecint/KRcc/Makefile
+        cint/demo/makecint/Stub2/Make2
+        cint/demo/makecint/Array/Makefile
+        cint/demo/makecint/DArray/Makefile
+        cint/demo/makecint/ReadFile/Makefile
+        cint/demo/makecint/stl/Makefile
+        cint/demo/makecint/Stub2/Make1
+        cint/cint/include/makemat
+        cint/cint/lib/WildCard/Makefile
+        cint/cint/include/make.arc
+        cint/cint/lib/qt/Makefile
+        cint/cint/lib/pthread/Makefile
+        graf2d/asimage/src/libAfterImage/Makefile.in
+      )
+      for toFix in "''${fixupList[@]}"; do
+        substituteInPlace "$toFix" --replace "clq" "cq"
+      done
 
-    patchShebangs build/unix/
-    ln -s ${lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include/AvailabilityMacros.h cint/cint/include/
+      patchShebangs build/unix/
+      ln -s ${lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include/AvailabilityMacros.h cint/cint/include/
 
-    # __malloc_hook is deprecated
-    substituteInPlace misc/memstat/src/TMemStatHook.cxx \
-      --replace "defined(R__GNU) && (defined(R__LINUX) || defined(__APPLE__))" \
-                "defined(R__GNU) && (defined(__APPLE__))"
-  ''
-  # Fix CINTSYSDIR for "build" version of rootcint
-  # This is probably a bug that breaks out-of-source builds
-  + ''
-    substituteInPlace cint/cint/src/loadfile.cxx\
-      --replace 'env = "cint";' 'env = "'`pwd`'/cint";'
-  '' + lib.optionalString noSplash ''
-    substituteInPlace rootx/src/rootx.cxx --replace "gNoLogo = false" "gNoLogo = true"
-  '';
+      # __malloc_hook is deprecated
+      substituteInPlace misc/memstat/src/TMemStatHook.cxx \
+        --replace "defined(R__GNU) && (defined(R__LINUX) || defined(__APPLE__))" \
+                  "defined(R__GNU) && (defined(__APPLE__))"
+
+      # python 3.12
+      substituteInPlace bindings/pyroot/src/PyROOT.h \
+        --replace " PyUnicode_GET_SIZE" " PyUnicode_GetLength" \
+        --replace " PyUnicode_GetSize" " PyUnicode_GetLength"
+    ''
+    # Fix CINTSYSDIR for "build" version of rootcint
+    # This is probably a bug that breaks out-of-source builds
+    + ''
+      substituteInPlace cint/cint/src/loadfile.cxx\
+        --replace 'env = "cint";' 'env = "'`pwd`'/cint";'
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString noSplash ''
+      substituteInPlace rootx/src/rootx.cxx --replace "gNoLogo = false" "gNoLogo = true"
+    '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-Drpath=ON"
@@ -147,7 +172,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dxml=ON"
     "-Dxrootd=OFF"
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin "-DOPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OpenGL}/Library/Frameworks";
+  ++ lib.optional ((!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) && (stdenv.cc.libc != null)) "-DC_INCLUDE_DIRS=${lib.getDev stdenv.cc.libc}/include";
+
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fpermissive";
 
   setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/purify_include_paths_root5.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/purify_include_paths_root5.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/purify_include_paths_root5.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/purify_include_paths_root5.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/root5-python311-fix.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/root5-python311-fix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/root5-python311-fix.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/root5-python311-fix.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7affd21012eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+thisroot () {
+    # Workaround thisroot.sh dependency on man
+    if [ -z "${MANPATH-}" ]; then
+        MANPATH=:
+    fi
+    local oldOpts="-u"
+    shopt -qo nounset || oldOpts="+u"
+    set +u
+    source @out@/bin/thisroot.sh
+    set "$oldOpts"
+}
+
+postHooks+=(thisroot)
+
+addRootIncludePath() {
+    addToSearchPath ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH $1/include
+}
+
+addEnvHooks "$targetOffset" addRootIncludePath
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers_root5.patch b/pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/sw_vers_root5.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/sw_vers_root5.patch
rename to pkgs/by-name/ro/root5/sw_vers_root5.patch
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix
index c622d7562001..f7f281af74f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/hepmc3/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ let
   pythonVersion = with lib.versions; "${major python.version}${minor python.version}";
   withPython = python != null;
   # ensure that root is built with the same python interpreter, as it links against numpy
-  root_py = if withPython then root.override { inherit python; } else root;
+  root_py = if withPython then root.override { python3 = python; } else root;
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b08d97d5d06c..f6a847b642dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18234,15 +18234,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   ns-3 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/networking/ns-3 { python = python3; };
 
-  root = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/root {
-    python = python3;
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa CoreSymbolication OpenGL;
-  };
-
-  root5 = lowPrio (callPackage ../applications/science/misc/root/5.nix {
-    inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Cocoa OpenGL;
-  });
-
   rink = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/rink {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };