Using the links on this page, https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/rel7downloads, worked for me to download the freesurfer linux 7.1.1 tar.gz file using https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/7.1.1/freesurfer-linux-centos7_x86_64-7.1.1.tar.gz

You could also try downloading the archive into your Windows 10 home directory Downloads folder and then use the shared C drive mount point to copy the file from Windows into Ubuntu. Or in an Ubuntu terminal window, you should be able to copy anything from under your Windows 10 home directory, e.g., named “matt", using this path in the Ubuntu terminal window, /mnt/C/Users/matt/Downloads

After download in Windows, then in Ubuntu terminal window,

$ cd $HOME

$ cp /mnt/C/Users/matt/Downloads/freesurfer-linux-centos7_x86_64-7.1.1.tar.gz .

.. then cd to wherever you want to expand the archive …

$ cd <some directory>

$ tar zxpf $HOME/freesurfer-linux-centos7_x86_64-7.1.1.tar.gz

- R.

On Nov 15, 2020, at 22:14, Mathew Chu <mathew.chu@unsw.edu.au> wrote:

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Dear Admin,

I am having trouble downloading FreeSurfer onto my Ubuntu WSL. I have tried downloading various .tar.gz files for CentOS 7 from the FreeSurfer directory (e.g. MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "secure-web..cisco.com" claiming to be ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/7.1.0/) but the downloads do not seem to be starting at all.

Any advice on this matter would be much appreciated,

Mathew

PS. I've only recently confirmed my subscription to the mailing list, so I am resending this email request for help (the first email was rejected before I confirmed by subscription).
From: Mathew Chu
Sent: Monday, 16 November 2020 1:22 PM
To: freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
Subject: Installing FreeSurfer on Windows 10 WSL Ubuntu System

Dear Admin,

I am having trouble downloading FreeSurfer onto my Ubuntu WSL. I have tried downloading various .tar.gz files for CentOS 7 from the FreeSurfer directory (e.g. MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "secure-web.cisco.com" claiming to be ftp://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/pub/dist/freesurfer/7.1.0/) but the downloads do not seem to be starting at all.

Any advice on this matter would be much appreciated,

Mathew
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