diff --git a/coin3d.sh b/coin3d.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..117fb752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coin3d.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package: Coin3D
+version: "%(tag_basename)s"
+tag: "v4.0.7"
+source: https://github.com/coin3d/coin.git
+requires:
+  - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
+build_requires:
+  - CMake
+  - alibuild-recipe-tools
+env:
+  COIN3D_ROOT: "$COIN3D_ROOT"
+prepend_path:
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "$COIN3D_ROOT/lib"
+---
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+cmake "$SOURCEDIR" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLROOT" \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+  ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:+-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"} \
+  -DCOIN_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=OFF \
+  -DCOIN_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+  -DCOIN_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+
+cmake --build . -- ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
+
+MODULEDIR="$INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles"
+mkdir -p "$MODULEDIR"
+alibuild-generate-module --lib > "$MODULEDIR/$PKGNAME"
diff --git a/defaults-lcg.sh b/defaults-lcg.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5d9e47f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaults-lcg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package: defaults-lcg
+version: v1
+env:
+  CXXFLAGS: "-fPIC -g -O2 -std=c++20"
+  CFLAGS: "-fPIC -g -O2"
+  CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "RELEASE"
+  CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: "20"
+  CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt"
+  XERCESC_ROOT: "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt"
+  EIGEN3_ROOT: "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt"
+  NLOHMANN_JSON_ROOT: "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt"
+  BOOST_ROOT: "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt"
+  GEANT4_ROOT: "/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt"
+---
+# Before running aliBuild with --defaults lcg, source the LCG environment:
+#   source /cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/views/LCG_109/x86_64-el9-gcc15-opt/setup.sh
diff --git a/eigen3.sh b/eigen3.sh
index 127ca469..01690115 100644
--- a/eigen3.sh
+++ b/eigen3.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 package: Eigen3
 version: 3.4.0
 source: https://gitlab.com/libeigen/eigen.git
+prefer_system: .*
+prefer_system_check: |
+  EIGEN3_ROOT_EFF=${EIGEN3_ROOT:-${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH%%:*}}
+  printf '#include <Eigen/Dense>\nint main(){}\n' | \
+    c++ -std=c++20 -xc++ - \
+    ${EIGEN3_ROOT_EFF:+-I"$EIGEN3_ROOT_EFF/include/eigen3"} \
+    -o /dev/null
 build_requires:
   - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
   - CMake
diff --git a/geant4.sh b/geant4.sh
index e15dcf7b..98c90e06 100644
--- a/geant4.sh
+++ b/geant4.sh
@@ -24,15 +24,17 @@ env:
   G4RADIOACTIVEDATA: "`find ${G4INSTALL} $G4DATASEARCHOPT '*data*RadioactiveDecay*'`"
   G4REALSURFACEDATA: "`find ${G4INSTALL} $G4DATASEARCHOPT '*data*RealSurface*'`"
   G4SAIDXSDATA: "`find ${G4INSTALL} $G4DATASEARCHOPT  '*data*G4SAIDDATA*'`"
+prefer_system: .*
 prefer_system_check: |
   #!/bin/bash -e
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin/geant4-config > /dev/null && \
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin/geant4.csh > /dev/null && \
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/bin/geant4.sh > /dev/null && \
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/include/Geant4 > /dev/null && \
-  ls $GEANT4_ROOT/lib/ > /dev/null && \
+  GEANT4_ROOT_EFF=${GEANT4_ROOT:-${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH%%:*}}
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/bin > /dev/null && \
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/bin/geant4-config > /dev/null && \
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/bin/geant4.csh > /dev/null && \
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/bin/geant4.sh > /dev/null && \
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/include > /dev/null && \
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/include/Geant4 > /dev/null && \
+  ls $GEANT4_ROOT_EFF/lib/ > /dev/null && \
   true
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -e
diff --git a/geomodel.sh b/geomodel.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1bc8f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geomodel.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package: GeoModel
+version: "%(tag_basename)s"
+tag: "6.24.0"
+source: https://gitlab.cern.ch/GeoModelDev/GeoModel.git
+requires:
+  - sqlite
+  - XercesC
+  - nlohmann_json
+  - Eigen3
+  - GEANT4
+  - opengl
+  - Coin3D
+  - SoQt
+build_requires:
+  - CMake
+  - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
+  - alibuild-recipe-tools
+env:
+  GEOMODEL_ROOT: "$GEOMODEL_ROOT"
+prepend_path:
+  ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH: "$GEOMODEL_ROOT/include"
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "$GEOMODEL_ROOT/lib"
+---
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Resolve Qt6 cmake config to its real path so _IMPORT_PREFIX does not follow
+# LCG view symlinks back to the Qt5 include dir.
+if [ -n "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ]; then
+  _qt6conf="${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/cmake/Qt6/Qt6Config.cmake"
+  if [ -e "$_qt6conf" ]; then
+    QT6_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$_qt6conf")")
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Derive Qt6 platform-plugin path from the resolved install tree so that
+# gmex can find the xcb plugin at runtime without QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH
+# being set manually.
+if [ -n "${QT6_DIR}" ]; then
+  _qt6root="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(dirname "$QT6_DIR")")")"
+  if [ -d "$_qt6root/plugins/platforms" ]; then
+    QT6_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH="$_qt6root/plugins/platforms"
+  fi
+fi
+
+cmake "$SOURCEDIR" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLROOT" \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" \
+  -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD="${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:-20}" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+  ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:+-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"} \
+  ${QT6_DIR:+-DQt6_DIR="$QT6_DIR"} \
+  -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_JSON=OFF \
+  -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC=OFF \
+  -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_EIGEN3=OFF \
+  -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_VISUALIZATION=ON \
+  -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_COIN3D=OFF \
+  -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_GEOMODELG4=ON \
+  -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_TOOLS=ON \
+  -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_FULLSIMLIGHT=OFF \
+  -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_TESTING=OFF
+
+cmake --build . -- ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
+
+MODULEDIR="$INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles"
+MODULEFILE="$MODULEDIR/$PKGNAME"
+mkdir -p "$MODULEDIR"
+alibuild-generate-module --bin --lib > "$MODULEFILE"
+cat >> "$MODULEFILE" <<EoF
+# Our environment
+set GEOMODEL_ROOT \$::env(BASEDIR)/$PKGNAME/\$version
+prepend-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$GEOMODEL_ROOT/include
+EoF
+if [ -n "${QT6_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH}" ]; then
+  cat >> "$MODULEFILE" <<EoF
+prepend-path QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH ${QT6_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH}
+EoF
+fi
diff --git a/nlohmann_json.sh b/nlohmann_json.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1b7c22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nlohmann_json.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package: nlohmann_json
+version: "%(tag_basename)s"
+source: https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
+tag: v3.11.3
+prefer_system: .*
+prefer_system_check: |
+  #!/bin/bash -e
+  printf '#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>\nint main(){}\n' | \
+    c++ -std=c++20 -xc++ - \
+    ${NLOHMANN_JSON_ROOT:+-I"$NLOHMANN_JSON_ROOT/include"} \
+    -o /dev/null
+build_requires:
+  - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
+  - CMake
+  - alibuild-recipe-tools
+---
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+cmake "$SOURCEDIR" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLROOT" \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" \
+  -DJSON_BuildTests=OFF
+cmake --build . -- ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
+
+MODULEDIR="$INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles"
+MODULEFILE="$MODULEDIR/$PKGNAME"
+mkdir -p "$MODULEDIR"
+alibuild-generate-module > "$MODULEFILE"
+cat >> "$MODULEFILE" <<EoF
+# Our environment
+set NLOHMANN_JSON_ROOT \$::env(BASEDIR)/$PKGNAME/\$version
+prepend-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$NLOHMANN_JSON_ROOT/include
+EoF
diff --git a/soqt.sh b/soqt.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df410482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soqt.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package: SoQt
+version: "%(tag_basename)s"
+tag: "v1.6.4"
+source: https://github.com/coin3d/soqt.git
+requires:
+  - Coin3D
+  - "GCC-Toolchain:(?!osx)"
+build_requires:
+  - CMake
+  - alibuild-recipe-tools
+env:
+  SOQT_ROOT: "$SOQT_ROOT"
+prepend_path:
+  LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "$SOQT_ROOT/lib"
+---
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+git -C "$SOURCEDIR" submodule update --init --recursive
+
+# Resolve Qt6 cmake config to its real path so _IMPORT_PREFIX does not follow
+# LCG view symlinks back to the Qt5 include dir.
+if [ -n "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" ]; then
+  _qt6conf="${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}/lib/cmake/Qt6/Qt6Config.cmake"
+  if [ -e "$_qt6conf" ]; then
+    QT6_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$_qt6conf")")
+  fi
+fi
+
+cmake "$SOURCEDIR" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$INSTALLROOT" \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE" \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
+  ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:+-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"} \
+  ${QT6_DIR:+-DQt6_DIR="$QT6_DIR"} \
+  -DSOQT_USE_QT6=ON \
+  -DSOQT_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=OFF \
+  -DSOQT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF \
+  -DSOQT_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+
+cmake --build . -- ${JOBS:+-j$JOBS} install
+
+MODULEDIR="$INSTALLROOT/etc/modulefiles"
+mkdir -p "$MODULEDIR"
+alibuild-generate-module --lib > "$MODULEDIR/$PKGNAME"
diff --git a/xercesc.sh b/xercesc.sh
index 1baffb47..13d53c4b 100644
--- a/xercesc.sh
+++ b/xercesc.sh
@@ -7,17 +7,13 @@ env:
   XERCESC_INST_DIR: "$XERCESC_ROOT"
   XERCESCINST: "$XERCESC_ROOT"
   XERCESCROOT: "$XERCESC_ROOT"
+prefer_system: .*
 prefer_system_check: |
   #!/bin/bash -e
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/ > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/bin > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/include > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/include/xercesc/ > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c-3.1.so > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c.a > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c.la > /dev/null && \
-  ls $XERCESC_ROOT/lib/libxerces-c.so > /dev/null
+  XERCESC_ROOT_EFF=${XERCESC_ROOT:-${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH%%:*}}
+  ls $XERCESC_ROOT_EFF/bin > /dev/null && \
+  ls $XERCESC_ROOT_EFF/include/xercesc/ > /dev/null && \
+  ls $XERCESC_ROOT_EFF/lib/libxerces-c.so > /dev/null
 ---
 #!/bin/sh
 cd $SOURCEDIR