The license file (“license.txt”) is easy to get, so don’t worry if you don’t have an existing license. Just ask follow the link to fill in the form to request another one if you are setting up on a new system.
Use tar
Chang the permissions of local so it can be read
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sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/local |
Download the tar.gz file, move it to /usr/local
Open a terminal in /usr/local, unpack
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tar -xvzf freesurfer-linux-ubuntu20_amd64-7.4.1.tar.gz |
Stuff that does not work
Use the Ubuntu “DEB installer” download
Before installing the freesurfer download, install the dependencies (https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/BuildRequirements ) .
Note: use apt rather than apt-get
It is not unusual for these commands to not work as listed. So, go through these steps from a terminal (“#” is for comments):
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