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Nicolas Cottaris edited this page Jul 25, 2014 · 62 revisions

Software Installation

The easiest way to download and deploy the various Brainard Lab Toolboxes on a Mac OSX system is to use our installer app (see below).

1. Requirements

The recommended minimal system configuration is:

  • Mac OSX 10.8.xx (Mountain Lion)
  • Subversion 1.7.10+
  • xCode 4.6.3 (for Mac OSX 10.8.xx) or xCode 5.1.x (for Mac OSX 10.9.xx)

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A. Obtaining the BrainardLabToolboxSuiteInstaller app

Clone https://github.com/DavidBrainard/BrainardLabToolboxSuiteInstaller.git .

B. Obtaining Subversion 1.8.10+

Different versions of SVN can be downloaded from: http://www.wandisco.com/subversion/download/archive#osx. Select the appropriate, for your OSX version, Subversion-1.7.10 or greater (Client-only version).

C. Obtaining xCode

Point your browser at https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action?name=Xcode . If you are not an Apple Developer (shame on you!), you can register at the above URL. Then sign in, find the appropriate xCode version (see above), download the package and install it.

2. Installation process

  • Launch the BrainardLabToolboxSuiteInstaller app by double clicking on its icon.
  • Click on the Root Directory icon. In the pop-up window, navigate to /Users/Shared. In /Users/Shared, create a New Folder, named Matlab, then Click on Open. This will select /Users/Shared/Matlab as the root directory under which all repositories will be located.
  • Click on the User Credentials icon. If you have an SVN account in the Brainard Lab SV server, enter your credentials here. Otherwise, enter test for both username and password. In the latter case you will only be able to download the basic installation scheme.
  • Click on the Installation Schemes icon. Select one of the available schemes. The basic scheme requires no SVN credentials and is enough for most outside users.
  • Finally, to start the installation process click on the play button (triangle) far right. If you are in One-Shot installation mode, you will need to press the play button to move to the next step. Otherwise, the installation will proceed automatically. The progress will be indicated by bar at the bottom.
  • When the installation is complete, a drop sheet will appear with a log of the installation.

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3. Post-installation process

A. Compile the mgl library

B. Install ghostscript

Download and install MacTex from http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/mac/mactex/MacTeX.pkg

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