You do need a license. You can just copy the old one into the new directory. doug
Antonella Kis wrote:
Dear All,
I just installed my new FS version (I saved my old version under freesurfer_backup). I am getting an error when I am running recon-all on my GNU/LINUX.Do I need a license file before running? What steps I need to follow before running the new FS version?
Here is the outcome: [elysa@EW-LNX2 _orig_]# su [root@EW-LNX2 _orig_]# tcsh [elysa@EW-LNX2 _orig_]# setenv FREESURFER_HOME /usr/local/freesurfer/ [elysa@EW-LNX2 _orig_]# setenv SUBJECTS_DIR $FREESURFER_HOME/subjects/june2011/_orig_/ [elysa@EW-LNX2 _orig_]# cd june2011 june2011: No such file or directory. [elysa@EW-LNX2 _orig_]# recon-all -s NPI001 -i /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001.nii.gz -qcache -all Subject Stamp: freesurfer-Linux-centos4-stable-pub-v5.1.0 Current Stamp: freesurfer-Linux-centos4-stable-pub-v5.1.0 INFO: SUBJECTS_DIR is /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_ Actual FREESURFER_HOME /usr/local/freesurfer Linux EW-LNX2 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Nov 9 12:54:20 EST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001
mri_convert /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001.nii.gz /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001/mri/orig/001.mgz
mri_convert /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001.nii.gz /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001/mri/orig/001.mgz
ERROR: FreeSurfer license file /usr/local/freesurfer//.license not found. If you are outside the NMR-Martinos Center, go to http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu to get a valid license file (it's free). If you are inside the NMR-Martinos Center, make sure to source the standard environment.
$Id: mri_convert.c,v 1.179.2.2 2011/05/16 20:53:47 greve Exp $ reading from /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001.nii.gz... Linux EW-LNX2 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 #1 SMP Tue Nov 9 12:54:20 EST 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
recon-all -s NPI001 exited with ERRORS at Tue Jun 21 11:21:55 EDT 2011
For more details, see the log file /usr/local/freesurfer/subjects/june2011/_orig_/NPI001/scripts/recon-all.log
THANK YOU! Antonella
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