I assume you meant sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so.3 -----Original Message----- From: freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu [mailto:freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Rudolph Pienaar Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 10:04 AM To: Ahmed, F, Me <fah...@sun.ac.za> Cc: Freesurfer Mailing List Subject: Re: [Freesurfer] installing on ubuntu
Ahmed, F, Me <fah...@sun.ac.za> wrote: > > On Ubuntu, you will need to do the following: > cd /usr/lib > ln -s libtiff.so.4 libtiff.so.3 > Actually, you should probably use: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/lib/tiff.so.3 (it amounts to the same thing, but this way is just one line that you can simply cut-and-paste. The system will prompt you for your password. Also the 'ubuntu' way is to use 'sudo' for administrator-type operations. If you just use the above, you will probably get 'Permission denied errors'). Note that you *might* get other missing dependencies -- especially if you are on a freshly installed ubuntu machine. They are relatively easy to resolve using 'apt-get' > When exactly does this need to be done? I know this probably sounds like > a really stupid question, but I have had major issues with installing FS > and want to make sure I know exactly what needs doing and when it needs > to be done. So I'd really appreciate some insight. Thank you. > It doesn't matter when you do it -- either before or after you unpack the archive. Just make sure to do it before you actually run any FreeSurfer GUI type apps. If you forget to do it, you'll simply get an error along the lines of 'libtiff.so.3 not found' -- Rudolph Pienaar, M.Eng, D.Eng / email: rudo...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu MGH/MIT/HMS Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging 149 (2301) 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 USA _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer
