Yes, FreeSurfer can be installed on Ubuntu without any issues. There is also no functional difference between Ubuntu server and Ubuntu Desktop.
Do you have a compelling reason for wanting to use Ubuntu 12.04? It was released in 2012 and is rather ancient in Ubuntu terms. The current version of Ubuntu is 15.04 and in fact 15.10 is about to released in three weeks.
I'd strongly recommend you update to a modern Ubuntu.
Having said that, certainly on Ubuntu 14.04 and above, once installed you need to simply symlink some libraries since the versions FreeSurfer has been compiled against are depreciated on Ubuntu 14.04 and later.
In a terminal, simply type (make sure that each command is on a single line -- the email formatting might have split it in two):
For Trackvis and dtk
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.3
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmng.so.2.0.2 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmng.so.1
For FreeSurfer:
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvnl_algo.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvnl_algo.so.1.14
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvnl.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvnl.so.1.14
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv3p_netlib.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv3p_netlib.so.1.14
HTH -=R
On 10/1/15 15:58 , Bruno LAD wrote:
Hi, could you help me please, because a couldn't find the answer for my question in the wiki.
Can FreeSurfer be installed on ubuntu server 12.04? How can I do it, if it's possible?
Thank you.
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