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= FreeSurfer Linux Installation =
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work in progress!!! == Viewing contents ==
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To view the contents of a distribution, once downloaded, type:
{{{
tar tzf freesurfer-Linux-<platform>-<release>-full.tar.gz
}}}
replacing <platform>-<release> with whatever is appropriate. The 'tar tzf' command will not install the contents, just show the contents of the tar.gz file.
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== Installing contents ==
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== FreeSurfer Linux Installation == The tar.gz file will extract to a directory called 'freesurfer'. Installing into the directory {{{/usr/local}}} is recommended. To install, mv the tar.gz file to whereever you wish to install
freesurfer (in this example {{{/usr/local}}}) and type:
{{{
tar -C /usr/local -xzvf freesurfer-Linux-<platform>-<release>-full.tar.gz
}}}
Again, replacing <platform>-<release> with your Linux variant.
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1. Obtain a license key from http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/registration.html or from a previous installation. If you are using a previous installation, the license file is found in the main freesurfer directory and is called '.license'. Note that for this installation example, your FREESURFER_HOME becomes:
{{{
setenv FREESURFER_HOME /usr/local/freesurfer
}}}
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2. cd to the directory just above where you want !FreeSurfer to be installed (the ParentDir). You will need about 1G of space on this disk partition. Reminder to NMR Center users! [[InternalFreeSurferDistributions|You already have FreeSurfer installed on your system!]]
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3. Enter the command (replacing 'freesurfer.tar.gz' with the actual filename downloaded): == Freesurfer license file ==
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     `tar xvfz freesurfer.tar.gz` A license file is required to enable the tools. One can be
obtained for free by registering at:
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This will create a directory called freesurfer, in which will be the following files: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/registration.html
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  `INSTALL` -- this file[[BR]]
  `license.freesurfer` -- license agreement[[BR]]
  `freesurfer.tar.gz` -- !FreeSurfer tree[[BR]]
  `talairach.tar.gz` -- MNI 305 talairach brain[[BR]]
  `bert.raw.tar.gz` -- !FreeSurfer tutorial data[[BR]]
  `bert.func.tar.gz` -- !FreeSurfer functional tutorial data[[BR]]
  `bert.recon.tar.gz` -- reconstructed !FreeSurfer tutorial data[[BR]]
  `average7.tar.gz` -- contains average labels for checking spherical morph[[BR]]
Upon receiving the license information by email, copy the three
lines of the license information to a file named license.txt and copy that file to your $FREESURFER_HOME.
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4. The default subjects directory (the directory in which your subjects' data will be placed) is freesurfer/subjects. You may wish set to up your installation differently, e.g. if you have a large external hard drive you want to use for subject data. See the [wiki:Self:SetupConfiguration 'Setup and Configuration'] section for details. Regardless, cd into your subjects directory (the default is called 'subjects', located within the freesurfer installation directory) and enter the commands:

     `tar xvfz DISTDIR/average7.tar.gz` [[BR]]
     `tar xvfz DISTDIR/bert.recon.tar.gz`[[BR]]
     `tar xvfz DISTDIR/talairach.tar.gz`

This will populate your subjects directory with 'average7', the sample data set 'bert', and the MINC atlas subject 'talairach'.

== MINC installation ==

!FreeSurfer uses some of the tools developed at the Montreal Neurological Institue (MNI) (http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca) to align antomical volumes (using minctracc) and to compute the Talairach transform (using mritotal). You must have the MNI tools installed to be able to access this functionality through !FreeSurfer.

The [http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/software/distribution MNI-BIC software distribution page] contains binaries for most platforms. Note: the Mac OS X FreeSurfer distribution contains the MINC toolkit in its installation.

An alternative is to build the tools required by !FreeSurfer from source. A special [ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/mni.srcbuild.tar.gz source code bundle], with build scripts, has been prepared by MGH for !FreeSurfer users. Refer to the [ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/mni.srcbuild.README.txt README file] for more information on building the MINC toolkit from this source code bundle.
== Setup and Configuration ==
If you came from the Quick Install page, return to that [[QuickInstall|here]].<<BR>>
Otherwise, go to this page to [[SetupConfiguration|setup and configure FreeSurfer]].

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FreeSurfer Linux Installation

Viewing contents

To view the contents of a distribution, once downloaded, type:

tar tzf freesurfer-Linux-<platform>-<release>-full.tar.gz

replacing <platform>-<release> with whatever is appropriate. The 'tar tzf' command will not install the contents, just show the contents of the tar.gz file.

Installing contents

The tar.gz file will extract to a directory called 'freesurfer'. Installing into the directory /usr/local is recommended. To install, mv the tar.gz file to whereever you wish to install freesurfer (in this example /usr/local) and type:

tar -C /usr/local -xzvf freesurfer-Linux-<platform>-<release>-full.tar.gz

Again, replacing <platform>-<release> with your Linux variant.

Note that for this installation example, your FREESURFER_HOME becomes:

setenv FREESURFER_HOME /usr/local/freesurfer

Reminder to NMR Center users! You already have FreeSurfer installed on your system!

Freesurfer license file

A license file is required to enable the tools. One can be obtained for free by registering at:

https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/registration.html

Upon receiving the license information by email, copy the three lines of the license information to a file named license.txt and copy that file to your $FREESURFER_HOME.

Setup and Configuration

If you came from the Quick Install page, return to that here.
Otherwise, go to this page to setup and configure FreeSurfer.

LinuxInstall (last edited 2015-12-21 17:04:28 by ZekeKaufman)