LCModel compiled binaries for Windows, Mac & Linux

In this repository, I am collecting readily compiled and executable binaries for the LCModel software, a popular method for linear-combination modeling of magnetic resonance spectroscopy data.

Quick download links

MacOS Catalina Intel i5

MacOS Monterey Apple M1 Pro

Windows 10

Linux (Debian 5.19.11-1 x86_64)

Contents of this repository

• binaries contains the compiled LCModel executables, sorted by operating system (first level) and version (second level). As the compiled executables are just a little over 100 MB in file size (the maximum allowed size on GitHub if we don't want to use GitLFS), they are compressed into .zip format, which is atomatically unzipped in Osprey if needed or you can open with your OS native unzip commands.
• source contains the LCModel Fortran77 source code, as downloaded from the LCModel website.
• test_lcm contains a test dataset that Dr. Martin Wilson (https://github.com/martin3141) has shared along with the first compilation instructions in an MRSHub forum thread.
• README.md is the file you are reading.
• LICENSE.md contains the licensing agreement.

Compilation procedures

This is how the executables in the binaries folder were generated:

Linux

Run make. See Makefile.

Windows 10

Windows 10 Enterprise Edition

GFortran 11.1.0 from http://www.equation.com/ftpdir/gcc/gcc-11.1.0-64.exe

Enter at Windows command prompt:

gfortran.exe -ffpe-summary=none -std=legacy -O3 LCModel.f -o LCModel.exe

MacOS Catalina Intel i5

Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7 (Intel i5)

GFortran 10.2 from https://github.com/fxcoudert/gfortran-for-macOS/releases/download/10.2/gfortran-10.2-Catalina.dmg

Enter at Terminal prompt:

gfortran -c -fno-backslash -fno-f2c -O3 -fall-intrinsics -std=legacy -Wuninitialized -ffpe-summary=none LCModel.f
gfortran LCModel.o -o lcmodel

MacOS Monterey Apple M1 Pro

Mac OS Monterey 12.6 (M1 Pro)

GFortran 12.1 from https://github.com/fxcoudert/gfortran-for-macOS/releases/download/12.1-monterey/gfortran-ARM-12.1-Monterey.dmg

Enter at Terminal prompt:

gfortran -c -fno-backslash -fno-f2c -O3 -fall-intrinsics -std=legacy -Wuninitialized -ffpe-summary=none LCModel.f
gfortran LCModel.o -o lcmodel

Testing procedures

Copy the compiled binary into the test_lcm folder and run

./lcmodel < control.file (Mac)

lcmodel < control.file (Windows)

Then, compare the output (out.ps) with the gold-standard output (out_ref_build.ps). Apart from the date and the version (6.3-N vs. 6.3-R), the output should be identical.

I will add a more sophisticated testing routine in the future to ensure full numerical agreement.

Limitations

This repository only contains the core LCModel executable. None of the other LCModel tools (LCMgui, makebasis etc.) are available.

There are multiple open-source tools available that include functions that will help you with the generation of LCModel basis and control files.

• Osprey
• FID-A
• FSL-MRS
• spant

Please contact the developers of these software packages for help.

Contact, feedback, suggestions

Please contact me for any sort of feedback about the binaries I have provided here. If you have questions about how to use LCModel, please refer to the official manual, or submit a question on the MRSHub LCModel forum.

Acknowledgements

The LCModel source code was made available free of charge by Dr. Stephen Provencher. Please see the licensing agreement for details.

• Compilation for MacOS Monterey Apple M1 Pro thanks to Bethany A. Stennett, University of Florida.
• Compilation for Linux (Debian 5.19.11-1 x86_64) thanks to @WillForan, University of Pittsburgh