freesurfer-bin on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "freesurfer-bin" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install freesurfer-bin on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                freesurfer-bin
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall freesurfer-bin on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                freesurfer-bin
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "freesurfer-bin" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone freesurfer-bin's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/freesurfer-bin.git 
            
                        
                ~/freesurfer-bin
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/freesurfer-bin folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/freesurfer-bin
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the freesurfer-bin package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1335851
Name: freesurfer-bin
PackageBaseID: 127507
PackageBase: freesurfer-bin
Version: 7.4.1-1
Description: An open source software suite for processing and analyzing (human) brain MRI images. (Precompiled binary version)
URL: https://surfer.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/
NumVotes: 4
Popularity: 0.076939
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: ajschadler12
Submitter: fishburn
FirstSubmitted: 1511656413
LastModified: 1697589436
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/freesurfer-bin.tar.gz