My understanding is that it is up to the sysadmins who run a cluster to choose how to present and configure the apps they host whether it be thru modules, spack, or other tools. We don't track how cluster admins do that, but you could ask the helpdesk for the cluster you are going to use (which presumably lists there is some version of freesurfer already available on the cluster). Most have online documentation stating how to run their apps.

I have used Freesurfer in the past on the SDSC cluster, and according to their web pages, they do use modules,

https://www.sdsc.edu/support/user_guides/expanse.html#software

- R.

On 7/1/24 14:55, Dong, Yilei (yid025@health.ucsd.edu) wrote

Hi Freesurfer Developers,

If Freesurfer is available as a module on a computer cluster, is it still necessary to source/configure the freesurfer module in a .bashrc script on Linux?

Sincerely,

Yilei

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