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| == 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. |
~+Home page for the '''Virtual Course''' is [[VirtualCourse|here]]+~ |
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| '''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. | == Running FreeSurfer in VirtualBox 7.X == |
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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]]. | |
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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]]. | '''System Requirements:''' <<BR>> Host Intel CPU: minimum of 4 CPU's/cores and 16 GB RAM. (Arm64 processors not supported, e.g., silicon macs with M1, M2, M3 processors). <<BR>> Virtualbox VM: minimum of 2 CPU's/cores and 8G RAM allocated from the host. <<BR>> Host Graphics card: 3D graphics card with its own graphics memory & accelerated OpenGL drivers. <<BR>> Host Disk Space: ~150GB for a complete install of Ubuntu 22, freesurfer, including all downloads. <<BR>> Host: A working network connection. <<BR>> Additionally see the [[https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/rel7downloads| Freesurfer Release 7 System Requirements]]. |
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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]]. | '''Suggested Experience Level:'''<<BR>> Some familiarity with downloading files, e.g., via a web browser or using commands such as wget, curl from the linux terminal. <<BR>> Some familiarity with the linux terminal including removing, copying, editing files and setting/unsetting environment variables. <<BR>> Some familiarity with issuing commands in the bash shell. |
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| 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. | The current instructions for creating a Virtual Box VM to host the Ubuntu 22 Linux OS running freesurfer 7.4.1 can be found [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uNwv29fCeuMHrmTyXw94ZSuroNsPOxu-/view?usp=sharing|here]]. This includes complete instructions about how to create a general purpose Ubuntu 22 VM on your host machine which can be configured to run any Linux software compatible with Ubuntu 22. Only the last few pages of the documentation are specific to installing freesurfer and testing the basic freesurfer environment. The Virtual Box application should run on most Windows, MacOS or Linux hosts with an Intel processor; there are minor difference in the appearance of the Virtual Box application when run on these different host OS's. |
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| {{attachment:Ubuntu_VM_720.png}} | See this post about how to [[https://www.zachpfeffer.com/single-post/2017/10/12/share-a-directory-between-ubuntu-on-virtualbox-and-windows|share a subdirectory from Windows]] inside the Ubuntu VM. <<BR>> This document describes how to access (share) an external drive plugged into the Windows machine in the Ubuntu VM: <<BR>>[[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pB8drKX_R78Eis3Lw8xqvBqpcUYd7iZ7/view?usp=sharing|Vbox_Windows_mount_external_drive.pdf]] |
Home page for the Virtual Course is here
Running FreeSurfer in VirtualBox 7.X
System Requirements:
Host Intel CPU: minimum of 4 CPU's/cores and 16 GB RAM. (Arm64 processors not supported, e.g., silicon macs with M1, M2, M3 processors).
Virtualbox VM: minimum of 2 CPU's/cores and 8G RAM allocated from the host.
Host Graphics card: 3D graphics card with its own graphics memory & accelerated OpenGL drivers.
Host Disk Space: ~150GB for a complete install of Ubuntu 22, freesurfer, including all downloads.
Host: A working network connection.
Additionally see the Freesurfer Release 7 System Requirements.
Suggested Experience Level:
Some familiarity with downloading files, e.g., via a web browser or using commands such as wget, curl from the linux terminal.
Some familiarity with the linux terminal including removing, copying, editing files and setting/unsetting environment variables.
Some familiarity with issuing commands in the bash shell.
The current instructions for creating a Virtual Box VM to host the Ubuntu 22 Linux OS running freesurfer 7.4.1 can be found here. This includes complete instructions about how to create a general purpose Ubuntu 22 VM on your host machine which can be configured to run any Linux software compatible with Ubuntu 22. Only the last few pages of the documentation are specific to installing freesurfer and testing the basic freesurfer environment. The Virtual Box application should run on most Windows, MacOS or Linux hosts with an Intel processor; there are minor difference in the appearance of the Virtual Box application when run on these different host OS's.
See this post about how to share a subdirectory from Windows inside the Ubuntu VM.
This document describes how to access (share) an external drive plugged into the Windows machine in the Ubuntu VM:
Vbox_Windows_mount_external_drive.pdf