Hi all,

I would like to save copy of the CentOS5 release of Freesurfer in my group's work space as described in the email below. The link in the email that is supposed to explain this doesn't work; could someone please let me know how to do this or point me to another webpage that explains it?

Thanks!

Emily

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From: Nick Schmansky nicks@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Subject: [All] freesurfer and centos6 updates! Date: December 10, 2012 4:08:30 PM EST To: all@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu Cc: Martinos-tech martinos-tech@yahoogroups.com, Help help@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

WARNING! The default Freesurfer version that runs on CentOS6 machines is going to change next Monday the 17th to a new CentOS6 specific version.

Right now at the Martinos Center we have a mix of CentOS4, CentOS5 and CentOS6 machines at the center. All these currently use a version of freesurfer built on CentOS4 for maximum compatibility. However, this means those users with CentOS6 systems are using a version that is slower than they could be using if properly optimized.

It is time for users of CentOS6 system to no longer be held back by the older systems. So on next Monday the 17th, the default Freesufer on all CentOS6 systems (which includes launchpad, tensor, and the icepuffs) will be updated to a new CentOS6-specific build.

The mixed environment this results in can result in confusion for groups with a mix of CentOS versions among their workstations. To avoid this your group should do one of the following:

(1) contact the Martinos IT Help Desk to upgrade your old CentOS4 and CentOS5 systems to CentOS6. Sometime in the near future we will drop support all together for the old systems.

(2) make a copy of the current CentOS4 release for your study into your group's work area and point your users' environments to use that copy. This is what is recommended for study consistancy anyway and instructions can be found on the wiki at

http://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fswiki/MakingPrivateCopiesOfDistributions

NOTES:

(1) to tell what CentOS version your workstation is running, run on it:

           cat /etc/redhat-release

(2) you are using the default freesurfer release if your PATH has in it directories that start with /usr/local/freesurfer. This is a symlink that currently points to the CentOS4 release on all Linux machines at the center but will change to point at the CentOS6 release on all CentOS6 machines next Monday, the 17th.

Feel free to email me with questions.

Nick Schmansky

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