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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 the VM starts and you see the desktop, you can start a terminal and it should come up with the environment set to run the current 7.1.0 release. | '''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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You can also setup the environment to work with the previous 6.0.0 release. See the README* files in the home directory of the default user when you login. Instructions for running the tutorial data from the freesurfer course (as well as the data) is also included in the README* files. |
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. |
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.
