This page is targeted at those who wish to develop and build the freesurfer source code on their OSX platform. These instructions have been tested for OSX 10.9 (Mavericks).
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1. Get the Source Code
If you already have a working local copy of the CVS repository then you can skip this step.
# Local CVS access: $> export CVSROOT=/space/repo/1/dev $> cvs checkout -P dev # Or for remote access: $> export CVSROOT=:ext:USER@door.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu:/space/repo/1/dev $> cvs checkout -P dev
Or, you can get readonly CVS access to the source code by following the directions on this page:
2. Download and Install the Libraries
In order to build Freesurfer, the following prerequisite software will need to be downloaded and installed on your OSX system:
After you install Qt, you must delete line 320 from the file /Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Headers/qglobal.h, the line that says "#warning "This version of Mac OS X is unsupported""
MacPorts (for installing gcc)
XQuartz 2.7.5 (OSX versions 10.9 and lower) or XQuartz 2.7.6 (OSX versions 10.10 and higher)
Install Xcode Command Line Tools:
$> xcode-select --install
Install gcc v4.4.7:
$> sudo port install gcc44 $> cd /opt/local/bin $> sudo ln -s gcc-mp-4.4 gcc $> sudo ln -s g++-mp-4.4 g++
Download and install the prebuilt package of open-source libraries:
$> curl -O ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/fs_supportlibs/prebuilt/mountain_lion/MacOSX_Lion_Packages.tar.gz $> sudo mkdir -p /usr/pubsw/packages $> sudo tar -C /usr/pubsw/packages -xzvf MacOSX_Lion_Packages.tar.gz
3. Set Your Path
$> export PATH=/usr/pubsw/packages/autotools/bin:$PATH
4. Setup, Configure, Make
Determine the location you want Freesurfer to be installed. For example, in case case we will assume the user wants freesurfer to be installed in /home/USER/freesurfer. Type the following commands in the top-level Freesurfer directory (the directory that contains configure.in and all the mri_* and mris_* directories.)
$> ./setup_configure $> ./configure --disable-Werror --prefix=/home/USER/freesurfer $> make -j4 $> make install
Done! Send your comments/questions/feedback to zkaufman@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu