Installation based on wiki instructions

Ubuntu

Permissions

brain@ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod -R a+w $SUBJECTS_DIR

…but I could not copy .license file, so I just gave up:

brain@ubuntu:~$ sudo chmod 777 $FREESURFER_HOME

VMware shares not working

Looking around I found that I can access the shares by manually executing:

vmhgfs-fuse .host:/ /mnt/hgfs -o allow_other

However, I have been using shared folders in linux hosts since VMWare 11 and never had to manually mount. Guess I will have to set this up on /etc/fstab as follows:

.host:/ /mnt/hgfs fuse.vmhgfs-fuse allow_other 0 0

At least the actual shared folder functionality does work, which is what I was worried about.

qdec - deprivated (great :-()

If get following error, install library:

sudo apt install libjpeg62

Re: [Freesurfer] Freeview.bin - error while loading shared libraries: libvtkverdict.so.5.6 cannot open sharted ...

zkaufman Mon, 21 Sep 2015 21:06:39 -0700

Hello,

This is a known when running freesurfer on Ubuntu systems. The solution is
addressed in the FAQ section on the frresurfer download page:

  https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/Download

pecifically, the solution is to go into you system's lib directory and
create a symlink as follows:

  $> cd /usr/lib/x86_64 (or something similar depending upon exact version)
  $> sudo ln -s libjpeg.so.8 libjpeg.so.62
  $> sudo ln -s libtiff.so.4 libtiff.so.3

This should solve it. Best,

-Zeke