Slicer 3.0 User Information

Slicer 3.0: Getting Started

Slicer 3.0 introduction info.

There are a couple different ways to obtain Slicer3 to run on your own computer. You can either download a precompiled Slicer3 installer for your platform, or build it yourself from an SVN checkout.

Building Slicer

To build Slicer from source code, refer to the build instructions.

• Windows
  • Distributed versions are built with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET in release mode (note that there may be some problems compiling with .NET 2003)

• Linux
  • We are building using g++ version 3.4.3 on RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.

• Mac OSX
  • We are building using gcc version 4.0.1

Obtaining a Precompiled Binary

Compiled Slicer3 executables are available here. From the Snapshots directory, select your architecture.

The current supported architectures are:

• darwin-x86: Mac OSX - Darwin x86 Intel
• darwin-ppc: Mac OSX - Darwin Power PC
• linux-x86: Linux-x86 - Linux 32-bit
• linux-x86_64: Linux-x86_64 - Linux 64-bit
• win32: Windows

The Snapshots directory contains both Slicer2 and Slicer3 binaries. For the latest build, select the filename that begins with "Slicer3" and has the most recent date. For the beta binary released prior to the January 2007 All Hands Meeting, choose the file with "PreAHM" in the filename. These are all beta builds, so you might find some bugs. If you do, or are having trouble installing Slicer3, please email slicer-users@bwh.harvard.edu so we can continue to improve Slicer3.

With many modules on Slicer already developed, much of Slicer documentation is modules specific. Consult module documentation to aid you in using Slicer.

Ready to download? Access Slicer 3.0 here

Downloading

Download the beta here

Installing

Linux

sh Slicer3-3.0.2007-04-02-linux-x86.sh

or, for 64 bit systems

sh Slicer3-3.0.2007-04-02-linux-x86_64.sh

Mac

Be sure you have X Windows installed.

From a terminal:

sh Slicer3-3.0.2007-04-05-darwin-x86.sh

or, for older PPC Macs:

sh Slicer3-3.0.2007-04-05-darwin-ppc.sh

Windows

Slicer3-3.0.2007-04-05-win32.exe

Known Issues: Base Operations

• All Platforms:
  • Slicer3's interface is optimized for screen resolutions equal to or higher than 1280x1024. While it is useable below that resolution, it may become less efficient to utilize the GUI.
  • Fonts currently do not resize in Slicer3, making the text hard to read on extremely large monitors with very high resolutions.

• Linux:
  • csh must be installed (it's not on Ubuntu by default).
  • the sh shell on some systems is incompatible with the installer (it will work, but with warnings)

Known Issues: Modules

As a research platform, Slicer includes several modules that are not yet fully implemented, but which the developers still felt were far enough along in functionality to provide utility for the community. As such, you may find that some operations do not behave as expected, particularly where they interact with other slicer functions. Please let us know about these issues by filing appropriate bug reports.

Reporting Bugs

Please go to http://www.na-mic.org/Bug/ and report bugs for Slicer version 3.

Finding Help

For help, consult the mailing lists.

Installing on Different Operating Systems

Installing on Mac OSX

The latest Mac OSX builds are either tar.gz files or .sh files. To install Slicer3, open up an X11 terminal window and copy the binary to the location where you want to install. Change the filename in the examples below to reflect the binary you downloaded.

Unpacking .tar.gz Files

To unzip and untar the .tar.gz binary, type:

gunzip ./Slicer3-3.0.2007-01-10-Darwin-x86.tar.gz
tar -xvf ./Slicer3-3.0.2007-01-10-Darwin-x86.tar

Unpacking .sh Files

To unpack the .sh binary, type:

./Slicer3-3.0.2007-01-10-Darwin-x86.sh

You will be prompted to accept the license agreement, and asked where you want to install it. Respond "Y" to both questions.

Running Slicer3

To run Slicer3, cd into the Slicer3-3.0.2007-xx-xx/bin directory and type:

./Slicer3

Installing on Linux

After downloading the file, move it to where you would like to install Slicer3, and then execute the .sh binary. To do this, simply do the following (replace the filename with the one you downloaded):

./Slicer3-3.0.2007-01-08-Linux-x86_64.sh

If the file doesn't execute, make sure that you have execute permission set. To add execute permission, type:

chmod a+x ./Slicer3-3.0.2007-01-08-Linux-x86_64.sh

Some shells have problems executing the script. If so, you might need to specify which shell you want to execute the script, e.g.:

/bin/sh ./Slicer3-3.0.2007-01-08-Linux-x86_64.sh

To run Slicer3, cd into the Slicer3-3.0.2007-xx-xx/bin directory and type:

./Slicer3

Installing on Windows

After downloading the file, simply double-click on it to start the installation process. To uninstall Slicer3, double-click the Uninstall icon in the Slicer3 directory. To run Slicer, go to Start -> Programs -> Slicer3-3.0.2007.xx-xx -> Slicer

Build Slicer3 Yourself

If you would like to build Slicer3 yourself from an SVN checkout, you can find detailed instructions here.