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== FreeSurfer VitrualBox VM Host System Requirements ==
'''Summary of Requirements:'''<<BR>> Tested running on hosts: Windows 10, Mac OS 10.15 with VirtualBox 6.X <<BR>> Host RAM: 16GB RAM (~8 GB of free RAM apart from the RAM already in use by the host OS and its running applications.) <<BR>> Host Graphics card: 3D graphics card with its own graphics memory & accelerated OpenGL drivers. <<BR>> Host Disk Space: ~30G for compressed VM image, ~60G for uncompressed image. <<BR>> Host: A working network connection.
== FreeSurfer VitrualBox VM Image ==
'''System Requirements:'''<<BR>> Tested running on hosts: Windows 10, Mac OS 11.6 (Intel Mac) with VirtualBox 6.1.30. <<BR>> 12-16 GB of free RAM for the VM apart from the RAM already in use by the host OS and running applications. <<BR>> Host Graphics card: 3D graphics card with its own graphics memory & accelerated OpenGL drivers. <<BR>> Host Disk Space: ~9G for virtual image download (compressed *.ova file), ~30G for expanded VM image. <<BR>> Host: A working network connection.
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'''Freesurfer Ubuntu 18 VM install and setup on Windows:''' [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//VM_67_win|WinHost_VM_setup]]. '''Suggested User Background:'''<<BR>> Some familiarity with downloading files through a browser, e.g., firefox, or using commands such as wget, curl from the linux terminal. <<BR>> Some familiarity with the linux terminal running bash shell including removing, copying, editing files and setting/unsetting environment variables. <<BR>> Some familiarity with simple bash commands/scripting as found in the shell initialization file.
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'''Freesurfer Ubuntu 18 VM install and setup on Mac OS:''' [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//VM_67_mac|MacHost_VM_setup]]. '''1st time install of VirtualBox on Windows OS:''' [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//VM_67_win|WinHost_VM_setup]].
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Once you have setup the Ubuntu VM on a host machine, you can setup the environment to work in two separate windows (shells) simultaneously, e.g., one set for the Freesurfer 6 environment and one set for the Freesurfer 7 environment. This can be useful for testing, running the tutorial data, etc. '''1st time install of VirtualBox on Mac OS:''' [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//VM_67_mac|MacHost_VM_setup]].
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{{attachment:1_Ubuntu_VM_side_by_side.png}} Once the VM starts and you have added you Freesurfer license file, you can start a terminal and it should come up with the environment set to run the current 7.2.0 release.

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FreeSurfer VitrualBox VM Image

System Requirements:
Tested running on hosts: Windows 10, Mac OS 11.6 (Intel Mac) with VirtualBox 6.1.30.
12-16 GB of free RAM for the VM apart from the RAM already in use by the host OS and running applications.
Host Graphics card: 3D graphics card with its own graphics memory & accelerated OpenGL drivers.
Host Disk Space: ~9G for virtual image download (compressed *.ova file), ~30G for expanded VM image.
Host: A working network connection.

Suggested User Background:
Some familiarity with downloading files through a browser, e.g., firefox, or using commands such as wget, curl from the linux terminal.
Some familiarity with the linux terminal running bash shell including removing, copying, editing files and setting/unsetting environment variables.
Some familiarity with simple bash commands/scripting as found in the shell initialization file.

1st time install of VirtualBox on Windows OS: WinHost_VM_setup.

1st time install of VirtualBox on Mac OS: MacHost_VM_setup.

Once the VM starts and you have added you Freesurfer license file, you can start a terminal and it should come up with the environment set to run the current 7.2.0 release.

VM_67 (last edited 2024-02-21 11:59:16 by buildqa)