Windows XP
FSL 3.1 is the first time FSL has been released for Windows, and is a
fairly untested beta release. It will probably not run well on
machines with older hardware and operating systems; we recommend
having at least 512MB ram and using XP. We strongly suggest that you
run the FEEDS evaluation suite before starting to do your own
analyses.
FSL 3.1 will run under Windows XP once you have installed a
third-party package called Cygwin, which provides a unix-like
environment and interface to Windows. Programs that run under Cygwin
are "real native" Windows programs but typically run within the
unix-like directory structure that lives in C:\cygwin, which is
accessible to all Windows programs. Please note that we cannot offer
any support relating to the installation or running of Cygwin!
Cygwin is extremely easy to install:
- Go to the Cygwin website.
- Click on the "Install Cygwin now" button in the top right. Accept
all default options as they appear.
- Press "Run from current location".
- Press "Install from internet".
- Choose a download site.
- Once the list of packages appears, next to "All" there is the word
"Default". Click ONCE on this and WAIT....it may take several minutes
to change all the "Default" settings to "Install". This then means
that you get all packages, and not just the default ones. Then press
"Next" and wait whilst all of Cygwin installs....this may take an hour
or more.
- The install process probably put a temporary ftp directory of all
the installed stuff on your desktop - you can delete that now.
You now have Cygwin installed and should have a Cygwin icon on the
desktop which opens a unix-like shell where you can type commands. You
are now ready to install FSL:
- Assuming that you have downloaded the FSL distribution file onto
your desktop, use Windows Explorer to move this file into
C:\cygwin\usr\local
- In the Cygwin terminal:
- cd /usr/local
- tar xvfz fsl-*.tar.gz
- echo "export FSLDIR=/usr/local/fsl ; export
PATH=${FSLDIR}/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.profile_bashrc
- Again using Windows Explorer, move file
C:\cygwin\usr\local\fsl\FSL.lnk onto your Desktop - this should
give you a new icon which starts the FSL GUI.