| Software | Required? | Instructions | Version |
|---|
| MATLAB | Yes | - Install with default options
- Set startup file to run for all users
 (see details below)
| 2014b or later Toolboxes <required>: database; image processing; signal processing; statistics and machine learning; <optional> parallel processing, optimization |
| Ghostscript | For CSPM figure printing | Install latest Ghostscript open source software (http://ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html) | Current (depends on "export_fig" MATLAB add-on requirements) |
| MySQL | Yes | - Uninstall any previous versions; you may want to delete the data (backup the database before), which is in C:\ProgramData\MySQL. The folder is hidden, so type in the address; delete the MySQL folder.
- Google "mysql community server"; download and run "MySQL Installer"; choose the large file (~270MB in 2014) as this is more reliable than the other.
 (see details below) - Run the downloaded installer; choose custom installation, and select the 64-bit MySQL Server, the Workbench, and the Connector/J. ยง (see details below)
- Choose the default options; write down the password for the "root" account (root is a common term for Administrator account); there is no need to create user accounts.
| Latest version; as of writing, we are on version 5.6. The Workbench is significantly updated as of version 6.1. |
| Office | No - Used for saving subject information, timetrend files, MRI plots, documentation | Normal installation. | Any version since 2003. |
| CorelDraw | No - used for saving summaries of plots and MRI figures (check reg) | Normal installation (start once, get rid of splash screen) | Any recent version |
| VMware Player | No - required for Linux programs (FSL, FreeSurfer) | - Google VMware Player; you will probably land on the VMware downloads page, which has VMware Player right at the botttom (link on right of page). Download- you probably need to register (but it's free).
- Normal installation - take defaults.
| Version 6 and above |
| PuTTY | No - required for CSPM to run commands in Linux | Google PuTTY, go to the downloads page, choose the Windows installer, install with default options. | Any recent version |
| Google Drive | No - used to keeping synchornized with latest matlab files | - Go to your Google account, select the Drive App, and install on your computer. Sign in to your account.
- Get the link from Paul to the matlab folder; open this link, and "Add to Drive" (top-right).
- Google drive will synchronize everything on your Google drive with the folder "Google Drive" on your computer, which will show up under Favorites. (The first time matlab will take 3-5 hours to sync.)
| Any version. |
| SAS | No - used for Repeated Measures ANOVA analysis of fMRI and physiology | Standard installation. | Any version. |