Installation

Installation steps

1. Get the latest BrainStorm package avaiable at:

2. Unzip the brainstorm3_xxxxxx.zip package

3. If you chose to download the anatomy templates, unzip them in the same directory
   Example : the files for template "collin27" should be in .../brainstorm3/templates/anatomy/collin27/

4. Create a folder to store the BrainStorm database anywhere in your home directory (ex: "Protocols" or "brainstorm_protocols")
   Note: make sure you will have enough disk space avaiable to store all your recordings and analysis files in the folder, ie. some gigabytes...

5. "Protocols" or "brainstorm_protocols" somewhere
6. Start Matlab
7. Go in the .../brainstorm3/ directory
8. Type "brainstorm" at the Matlab command prompt

BrainStorm directories

BrainStorm needs three different directories:

• Program directory "brainstorm3"
  It contains all the Matlab .m script files, and has the following architecture:

  • developers/ : Personal directories of BrainStorm developers. More details...

  • doc/ :
  • java/ :
  • plugins/ :
  • templates/eeg/ :
  • templates/anatomy/ :
  • toolbox/

• User directory ".brainstorm"
  Created automatically at BrainStorm startup, in the user directory (home directory under linux, "C:\Documents and Settings\username" under Windows).

  • brainstorm.mat : Matlab matrix where the BrainStorm options and database structure are stored.

  • tmp/ : temporary directory used by some of the BrainStorm functions. Cleaned each time BrainStorm is started

• Protocol directory
  Created by the user. Contains all the BrainStorm database files.