[MINC-users] Ubuntu MINC packages

[Andrew Janke]

PS forgot to mention one other *slightly* important thing...

These are MINC2 packages and thus will install in /usr/local/bic as
opposed to /usr/local/mni

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On 6/28/07, Andrew Janke <a.janke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Given that Ubuntu seems to be gaining in popularity, I have compiled a
> number of the MINC packages here for feisty
>
>    http://packages.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ubuntu/
>
> These are in both in i386 and amd64 flavor. Note that on some of the
> newer CPU's the "amd64" or X86_64 kernels are returning some
> impressive speeds.  (if you have a Xeon, Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad you
> should be using a 64 bit kernel).  See here for a quick comparison:
>
>    http://wiki.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/index.php/MincBenchmarking
>
> Note the difference in the two results for the same machine (ben --
> the last entry) with both a server-bigiron kernel (for 4GB or RAM) and
> with an amd64 kernel and native compile of the MINC tools to suit.
>
> You will note that I have removed a few dependencies in these packages
> if only because the naming scheme in Ubuntu is slightly different for
> some packages. You should install the following to make these work:
>
>    sudo apt-get install libnetpbm9-dev libgsl0-dev netcdfg-dev
> libhdf5-serial-dev
>
> As usual I am interested to know if these work well for you.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew Janke   (a.janke at gmail.com || http://a.janke.googlepages.com/)
> Canberra->Australia    +61 (402) 700 883
>


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Canberra->Australia    +61 (402) 700 883