Installation & Update

Requirements

• Operating system: Any platform for which Matlab is available

• Matlab version: R2006a (7.2)

• Matlab Signal Processing Toolbox is optional, but strongly recommended.

Installation

1. Visit the Download section, create an account, and follow the indications.

2. Download the latest brainstorm_....zip archive

3. Unzip it somewhere you usually put your program files. For example:
   

   • Windows: Program Files\brainstorm3

   • Linux: /usr/local/brainstorm3 (or $HOME/brainstorm3 if you are not admin)

   • MacOS: Applications/brainstorm3

4. Create an empty folder "brainstorm_db" to store your Brainstorm database. For example:

   • Windows: My documents\brainstorm_db

   • Linux: /home/username/brainstorm_db

   • MacOS: Documents/brainstorm_db

Start the application

With Matlab

1. Start Matlab

2. Do NOT add brainstorm3 folder to your path

3. Go to the brainstorm3 folder
4. Type "brainstorm" in the command window

Without Matlab

1. Go to the Download section again

2. Download the Matlab Compiler Runtime (MCR) for your operating system.
3. Install it:

   • Windows: Double-click on the .exe and follow the instructions

   • Linux: From a terminal, unzip .zip, then run ./install

   • MacOS: Same as Linux

4. Run the program in brainstorm3/bin/R2011b/

   • Windows: Double-click on brainstorm3.jar (no console) or brainstorm3.bat (console)

   • Linux: From a terminal, run ./brainstorm.command

   • MacOS: Double-click on brainstorm.command

5. Select the folder in which you installed the MCR library (Linux and MacOS only)

Tutorials

Visit the Tutorials section to learn what to do next.

Whatever you decide to do with Brainstorm, you will learn a lot by following all the basic tutorials carefully.

Updates

Brainstorm is improving every day. It is recommended to update the software regularly.

• Automatic updates:
  • When you start Brainstorm, it checks online if your version is older than a month.

  • To enable / disable those automatic updates, edit the software preferences (File > Set preferences...)

• Manual updates:

  • Menu Help > Update Brainstorm, in the main application window.

  • If it doesn't work: check that you have the rights to write in the brainstorm3 folder.
• In case those simple methods do not work:
  • Delete the old brainstorm3 folder
  • Follow the installation instructions again (previous section)

Binaries: Installation steps

1. Visit the Download section, create an account, and follow the indications.

2. Download the two binaries bst_bin...zip archive for your operating system.
   • One file is the Matlab Component Runtime (MCR)
   • The other file is the compiled application itself.

   • If your operating system is not listed: post a message on the Forum, we will do our best to make it available.

3. Unzip the bst_bin..._MCR.zip file, and execute the MCRInstaller
   • This will install the Matlab Runtime Component (MCR) on your computer.

   • Read more about the MCR: Matlab website

4. Unzip the bst_bin...zip file somewhere you usually put your program files. For example:

   • Windows: C:\Program Files\brainstorm3

   • Linux: /home/username/brainstorm3

5. Create an empty folder "brainstorm_db" to store your Brainstorm database. For example:

   • Windows: C:\Program Files\brainstorm_db

   • Linux: /home/username/brainstorm_db

6. Run brainstorm executable:

   • Windows: brainstorm3/bin/brainstorm.exe

   • Linux: brainstorm3/bin/run_brainstorm3.sh

7. Visit the Tutorials section to learn what to do next.