Running FreeSurfer on Windows

It is possible to run FreeSurfer on Windows 10 through the bash shell command-line tool. However, note that this has not been fully tested and is therefore not officially supported. Follow these steps to get FreeSurfer running:

  1. Install bash as described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10

  2. Install the following libraries in the bash shell: 
     sudo apt-get install tcsh libfreetype6 libglu1-mesa libfontconfig1 libxrender1 libsm6 libxt6

  3. Install Xming as described here http://christopher5106.github.io/admin/2018/02/02/configure-windows-10-for-ubuntu.html to use freeview

  4. Install freesurfer (linux) as described in the DownloadAndInstall guide