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'''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. '''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: ~8G for virtual image download (compressed *.ova file), ~30G for expanded VM image. <<BR>> Host: A working network connection.
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'''1st time install of VirtualBox on Windows OS:''' [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//VM_67_win|WinHost_VM_setup]]. '''1st time install of VirtualBox on Windows OS:'''
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'''1st time install of VirtualBox on Mac OS:''' [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//VM_67_mac|MacHost_VM_setup]]. {{attachment:Vbox_Windows_install.pdf}}
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'''Download the virtual image:''' [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZUhsx0HKfTjtp2o9lHUHr4TK90m-5qBt/view?usp=sharing|FS_Ubuntu_18_04_06.ova]]. '''1st time install of VirtualBox on Mac OS:'''

{{attachment:Vbox_MacOS_install.pdf}}

'''Setup and run the virtual image:''' <<BR>> Note that the GUI images are taken from the VirtualBox GUI as pictured on the MacOS host, but the menu options are the same for Windows and Linux hosts.

{{attachment:Vbox_load_image.pdf}}

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: ~8G 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:

Vbox_Windows_install.pdf

1st time install of VirtualBox on Mac OS:

Vbox_MacOS_install.pdf

Setup and run the virtual image:
Note that the GUI images are taken from the VirtualBox GUI as pictured on the MacOS host, but the menu options are the same for Windows and Linux hosts.

Vbox_load_image.pdf

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 7.2.0 release.

Ubuntu_VM_720.png

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