Installing ANTs on Ubuntu

Getting the latest code

Prerequisites:

• Is git installed? If not, run sudo apt install -y git
• Is build-essentials installed? If not, run sudo apt install -y build-essentials
• Is ccache installed? If not, run sudo apt install -y ccache
• Install the latest version of cmake: https://5k45h.wordpress.com/2020/03/16/upgrading-cmake/

Navigate to the directory where you want to download the repository (e.g. ~/Code/Sources) and run:

git clone https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs.git

This creates a directory called ANTs with all the code.

Now create sub-directories for compilation:

mkdir ANTs/Build

and installation:

mkdir /opt/ANTs (may require sudo)

Enter the compilation directory:

cd ANTs/Build

Do the following:

• cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/ANTs ../ 2>&1 | tee cmake.log
• make -j 4 2>&1 | tee build.log
• cd ANTS-build
• make install 2>&1 | tee install.log

If the last step fails, try with sudo.

After successful compilation and installation, add to PATH:

• echo 'export ANTSPATH=/opt/ANTs/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
• echo 'export PATH=${ANTSPATH}:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc

Open a new terminal and run:

antsRegistration -h

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Reference: https://github.com/ANTsX/ANTs/wiki/Compiling-ANTs-on-Linux-and-Mac-OS