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 [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/dev/|Freesurfer 7.X.X nightly build installers]]
''++++ We recommend using the freesurfer installer packages, i.e., the *.rpm file for (CentOS/RedHat) or the *.deb file for Ubuntu linux. Examples of using the installers on CentOS and Ubuntu are listed below.''
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 [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/rel7downloads|Freesurfer 7.X.X current release installers]]'' === Setup and Install WSL version 2 ===
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=== Setup and Install WSL version 2 ===
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Example OS's running under WSL and installing freesurfer on them:
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You can choose a freesurfer distribution to install from the following links:

Freesurfer release have gone through various tests for recon-all and freeview. We recommend installing the latest release unless you have some work in progress that requires installing an older release.
 [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/rel7downloads|Freesurfer 7.X.X current release installers]]

Development stream builds contain ongoing development work and code changes that are the basis for future freesurfer releases. The development stream packages have not gone through the same testing and Q/A for stability compared to an actual release.
 [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/dev/|Freesurfer 7.X.X dveelopment stream nightly build installers]]

Windows Subsystem for Linux Install & Setup

The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enables a Linux distribution to run in a "virtualized" environment under Windows OS without utilizing a VM host application such as VirtualBox. Common Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, CentOS and Fedora are available from the Windows App store for download and use in WSL; some like Ubuntu Linux are free.

WSL is primarily intended to give Windows developers a way to test their applications with Linux based services but not reproduce a complete X-Windows based Linux GUI/desktop environment such as Gnome or KDE (which you see on your linux workstation). For Linux running inside WSL on windows, the desktop and terminal window will look like what you see for the default desktop and terminal settings for that particular linux distribution.

WSL includes access to your home directory on the Windows side via NTFS. So if your Windows username was "bill" then from the WSL linux terminal window you can see bill's download folder as the linux path /mnt/c/Users/bill/Downloads in your default shell, e.g., bash, tcsh. This mount point is a convenient way to share files between your Windows home directory and Linux running in WSL. The username you pick when you setup the WSL environment has sudo/admin privileges in the linux environment and need not be the same as your username on the Windows side.

Steps for Setting Up WSL to run freesurfer:

  1. Enable WSL on the windows machine +
  2. Install WSL on the windows machine +
  3. Download/install a linux distribution into WSL ++
  4. Download/install an X-server on the windows machine +++
  5. From a terminal window running inside the linux distribution, download and install freesurfer ++++

+ These steps may be combined into a single command for WSL version 2; see the link to the MS documentation. Your windows machine will be updated and re-booted.

++ For a linux distribution we recommend CentOS 7, 8 and Ubuntu 18, 20. Other linux distributions have not been tested.

+++ An example of installing the Xming X-server is listed below. These steps may vary depending upon the network settings on the Windows machine.

++++ We recommend using the freesurfer installer packages, i.e., the *.rpm file for (CentOS/RedHat) or the *.deb file for Ubuntu linux. Examples of using the installers on CentOS and Ubuntu are listed below.

Setup and Install WSL version 2

As of this writing, WSL version 2 is available. If no version of WSL is currently installed on your Windows machine, then follow the MS documentation to install WSL version 2,

MS Dcoumentation for WSL version 2 setup and install

If you previously installed WSL version 1 on your machine, then you can also install WSL version 2 and pick one version to use as the default. There appears to be no requirement to switch to WSL version 2 if you are already working with WSL version 1. Installing WSL version 2 should not prevent using linux images you've worked with under WSL version 1. The instructions in the link above should work if WSL version 1 is already on your system.

Previous instructions for the manual setup and install of WSL version 1 (skip if using WSL version 2), Enable WSL version 1 from PowerShell

Install and Run an X-Server in Windows

Install X-server (Xming)

Install and Run a Linux OS in WSL - Install and Run Freesurfer in Linux

Example OS's running under WSL and installing freesurfer on them:

WSL_Ubuntu_freesurfer

WSL_CentOS_freesurfer

You can choose a freesurfer distribution to install from the following links:

Freesurfer release have gone through various tests for recon-all and freeview. We recommend installing the latest release unless you have some work in progress that requires installing an older release.

Development stream builds contain ongoing development work and code changes that are the basis for future freesurfer releases. The development stream packages have not gone through the same testing and Q/A for stability compared to an actual release.

FS7_wsl (last edited 2023-09-05 00:43:19 by buildqa)