The libgsl-dev install was successful. Here is the output from afni_system_check

-------------------------------- general ---------------------------------
architecture: 64bit ELF
system: Linux
release: 4.4.0-45-generic
version: #66-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 19 14:12:37 UTC 2016
distribution: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
number of CPUs: 36
apparent login shell: tcsh
shell RC file: .cshrc (exists)

--------------------- AFNI and related program tests ---------------------
which afni : /home/glucksleepstudy/abin/afni
afni version : Precompiled binary linux_openmp_64: Nov 4 2016
AFNI_version.txt : AFNI_16.3.08, linux_openmp_64, Nov 04 2016
which python : /usr/bin/python
python version : 2.7.12
which R : /usr/bin/R
R version : R version 3.3.2 (2016-10-31) -- "Sincere Pumpkin Patch"
which tcsh : /usr/bin/tcsh

instances of various programs found in PATH:
afni : 1 (/home/glucksleepstudy/abin/afni)
R : 1 (/usr/bin/R)
python : 1 (/usr/bin/python2.7)

testing ability to start various programs...
afni : success
suma : success
3dSkullStrip : FAILURE
3dSkullStrip: error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
uber_subject.py : success
3dAllineate : success
3dRSFC : FAILURE
3dRSFC: error while loading shared libraries: libgsl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
SurfMesh : success

checking for R packages...
rPkgsInstall -pkgs ALL -check : FAILURE

oo Warning:
These packages are not installed on the computer: afex!
These packages are not installed on the computer: phia!
These packages are not installed on the computer: snow!
These packages are not installed on the computer: lme4!
These packages are not installed on the computer: paran!
These packages are not installed on the computer: psych!


checking for $HOME files...
.afnirc : found
.sumarc : missing
.afni/help/all_progs.COMP : found

------------------------------ python libs -------------------------------
++ module 'PyQt4' found at /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/PyQt4
++ module loaded: PyQt4

-------------------------------- env vars --------------------------------
PATH = /home/glucksleepstudy/bin:/home/glucksleepstudy/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/lib/fsl/5.0:/home/glucksleepstudy/abin

PYTHONPATH =
R_LIBS = /home/glucksleepstudy/R

LD_LIBRARY_PATH = /usr/lib/fsl/5.0

DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH =
DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH =

------------------------------ data checks -------------------------------
data dir : missing AFNI_data6
data dir : missing suma_demo
data dir : missing FATCAT_DEMO
data dir : missing afni_handouts
atlas : found TT_N27+tlrc under /home/glucksleepstudy/abin

------------------------------ OS specific -------------------------------
which apt-get : /usr/bin/apt-get
apt-get version : apt 1.2.12 (amd64)

have Ubuntu system: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial

============================ summary comments ============================
* AFNI programs show FAILURE
* missing R packages (see rPkgsInstall)
* consider running "suma -update_env" for .sumarc
* insufficient data for AFNI bootcamp

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