Usually it would be /usr/local/freesurfer
If thats what you did than you may need root access to the machine to be able to do that. So basically create the license.txt file in your home directory than copy it to the frresurfer folder:
sudo cp license.txt /usr/local/freesurfer/
Bottom line is you need to put that license.txt file in the same location that freesurfer was installed (Under the freesurfer folder).
i received the license through the email and tried to make a new text file contains the emailed licensed details .. i am confused where exactly to save it
i tried to save it in the user/local/freesurfer but it show a permission error "ou do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again"
i am using the newest freesurfer release and the Ubuntu 16.04 I'm completely new to Linux and
thanx a lot
fatima
PhD student
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