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Let me just add, the tar archive listed in your email, freesurfer-linux-ubuntu20_x86_64-7-dev.tar.gz, is the install image (and not the source code) from a *development* nightly build on Ubuntu 20 which has not been tested like a freesurfer release.   

So if you are looking to start using freesurfer commands and binaries that are already built and organized as a distribution (from either the tar file or the installer files), then you should consider using the existing, stable 7.2.0 release (which you can get from MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "secure-web.cisco.com" claiming to be https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/rel7downloads).  The 7.2.0 release does have Ubuntu 18 binaries and an installer available via the link above.  I believe those binaries should run on Ubuntu 20.

Installed images of freesurfer (including Ubuntu 18 binaries) are available in various system images  including a container, a VM, and also you can run it under the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).  We have some info about that here if you just want to get started trying the commands, MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "secure-web.cisco.com" claiming to be https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/VM_67, MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "secure-web.cisco.com" claiming to be https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki//FS7_wsl

- R.

On May 25, 2022, at 11:04, Wighton, Paul <PWIGHTON@mgh.harvard.edu> wrote:

Hi Raffaele, 

There is some info here:

For more details on compiling FreeSurfer from source, you can refer to this neurodocker template:

Which documents exact versions of gcc, cmake, python etc. and is part of this pull request:

-Paul
From: freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu <freesurfer-bounces@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu> on behalf of Raffaele Di Natale <rdinatale@dieei.unict.it>
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Hello FreeSurfer Developers,

I'm attempting to develop new functions in the tool for my research activity and I wish to know if there is a guide about to start this kind of activity.

1) freesurfer-linux-ubuntu20_x86_64-7-dev.tar.gz

Raffaele Di Natale, PhD 
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DIEEI, University of Catania
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