The complete documentation for MRtrix will eventually be found on the wiki, including a detailed decription of the installation procedure. The official website for MRtrix is hosted on Google+.
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Install dependencies by whichever means your system uses. These include: Python (>=2.6), a C++ compiler, POSIX threads, GNU Scientific Library (GSL, >= 1.1), zlib, OpenGL (>=3), and Qt (>=4.8).
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Clone Git repository and compile:
$ git clone https://github.com/jdtournier/mrtrix3.git $ cd mrtrix3/ $ ./configure $ ./build
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Set appropriate environment variables:
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Bash shell:
$ export PATH=/<edit as appropriate>/mrtrix-0.3/bin:$PATH
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C shell:
$ setenv PATH /<edit as appropriate>/mrtrix-0.3/bin:$PATH
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Test installation:
$ mrview