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== To install FreeSurfer from tar.gz files == [[DownloadAndInstall|top]] | [[Installation|previous]] | [[SetupConfiguration|next]]
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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'. = FreeSurfer Linux Installation =
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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. == Viewing contents ==
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3. Enter the command (replacing 'freesurfer.tar.gz' with the actual filename downloaded): 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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     `tar xvfz freesurfer.tar.gz` == Installing contents ==
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This will create a directory called freesurfer, in which will be the following files: 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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  `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]]
Note that for this installation example, your FREESURFER_HOME becomes:
{{{
setenv FREESURFER_HOME /usr/local/freesurfer
}}}
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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: Reminder to NMR Center users! [[InternalFreeSurferDistributions|You already have FreeSurfer installed on your system!]]
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     `tar xvfz DISTDIR/average7.tar.gz` [[BR]]
     `tar xvfz DISTDIR/bert.recon.tar.gz`[[BR]]
     `tar xvfz DISTDIR/talairach.tar.gz`
== Freesurfer license file ==
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This will populate your subjects directory with 'average7', the sample data set 'bert', and the MINC atlas subject 'talairach'. A license file is required to enable the tools. One can be
obtained for free by registering at:
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== MINC installation == https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/registration.html
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!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. 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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Refer to the file ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/mni.srcbuild.README.txt for more information on building the MINC toolkit from the source code. == 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)