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THIS IS THE UPDATED MGH VERSION AVAILABLE as of October 4, 2005. It is based on a stable Slicer 2.5 release, with updates for FreeSurfer interoperability that haven't yet been officially released. Slicer2.5MGH will be used for the FreeSurfer tutorial.

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== Download Slicer for Users ==

Download and unpack the appropriate archive for your platform from [http://slicerl.bwh.harvard.edu/snapshots/slicer2.5MGH Slicer2.5MGH]<nowiki>: this link gives you a precompiled ready-to-use Slicer for </nowiki>'''Windows XP''' and '''Mac OS X 10.4''' platforms.

* Windows XP: [http://slicerl.bwh.harvard.edu/snapshots/slicer2.5MGH/slicer2.5-MGH-win32-2005-10-04.zip slicer2.5-MGH-win32-2005-10-04.zip]
* Mac OS X 10.4: [http://slicerl.bwh.harvard.edu/snapshots/slicer2.5MGH/slicer2.5-MGH-darwin-ppc-2005-10-04.tar.gz slicer2.5-darwin-ppc-2005-10-04.tar.gz]
* Linux: [http://slicerl.bwh.harvard.edu/snapshots/slicer2.5MGH/slicer2.5-MGH-linux-x86-2005-10-04.tar.gz slicer2.5-linux-x86-2005-10-04.tar.gz]
* Solaris: [http://slicerl.bwh.harvard.edu/snapshots/slicer2.5MGH/slicer2.5-MGH-solaris-sparc-2005-10-04.tar.gz slicer2.5-solaris-sparc-2005-10-04.tar.gz]

If you are running Mac OS X 10.3, please upgrade your platform.

== Installation ==

You can run the toplevel slicer executable from any directory, but if you want to install it as a system-wide package we suggest the following methods: mbolic link in /usr/local/bin pointing to the executable for your platform in the distribution directory

* Windows: There is no windows installer, so you may put slicer in any convenient location and put a shortcut to the slicer2-win32.exe on your desktop.
* Mac OS: No installation suggestions currently

== Notes for Mac OS X Users ==

'''Note'''<nowiki>: See the top of </nowiki>[[Slicer:Patches_for_the_Mac|this page]] for information on configuring your X server.

To run Slicer on the Mac, you need to have the X server and from an xterm run the slicer2-darwin-ppc executable at the top level of the unpacked archive.

If you want to customize the X11 Application menu to launch slicer, you can use a syntax like the following:

 xterm -e /Users/pieper/slicer2.5/latest/slicer2/slicer2-darwin-ppc

Other notes on building and running on the Mac are at [[Slicer:Slicer2.5_Patches_for_the_Mac|Slicer:Slicer2.5_Patches_for_the_Mac]]

Note that Slicer relies on the X11 system and must be launched from within an xterm. More information about X11 on the mac is here: http://developer.apple.com/darwin/runningx11.html

== Reporting Bugs ==

Please go to http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/ and report bugs for Slicer version 2.5.x. Information on [[Slicer:Bugs|How to enter bugs]] into the Slicer bug tracker.

== Where to go for Help ==

Compilation/development questions can be sent to the [http://lists.bwh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel Slicer Developer's Mailing List]. Questions about running Slicer can be sent to the [http://lists.bwh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-users Slicer User's Mailing List].