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sexynsmartjenny

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how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

Hi everyone, so I need to use matlab on my laptop and I have no idea how to install it? I have downloaded the zip, extracted it, I have the installation file for linux and when i hit install, it just opens a word file. What should I do?

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sexynsmartjenny

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Re: how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

okay so here is my progress so far, I entered the command ./install into my command prompt but then I got stuck in choose installation folder. Apparently it says " failed to create a folder in /usr/local/MATLAB/R2017b"

Instead so I installed in my home folder, but matlab won't run. Do any of you have the same problem?

Does bunsenlabs support matlab?

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Re: how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

Jessie and Stretch seems to be supported
https://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq.html

try 'chmod +x ~/path/to/matlab'.

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Re: how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

I've never used MATLAB but apparently the trick is to run the install script as root (use `sudo -i` to get a root shell) so that it can install to /usr/local and then install Debian's helper package to create running symlinks to $HOME:

sudo apt install matlab-support

https://packages.debian.org/stretch/matlab-support

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sexynsmartjenny

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Re: how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

okay here is the problem. Even after I "sudo ~/install" Matlab and I also installed matlab-support, when I hit "matlab" in my dialog, the little window and the logo of matlab appears, but then nothing else appears. What am I missing? Is there something else I need to install? Or should I run some other commands?

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Re: how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

That can result from a couple issues (that I'm aware of) -

1. You don't have the necessary write permissions to matlabs folders - I assume debian's matlab-support should have fixed that for you

2. A java issue, you can try:

matlab -nojvm

and see if it starts up - but not having the java enabled will cause a loss of functionality.

3. Licencing issue - matlab can't find your licence key; as I recall, there is a horrendous time-out along the lines of 20 min if matlab is looking in the wrong location for the key. Did you have to set up the key during install?

And that's about all I remember from using matlab. Pretty sure matlab (Mathworks?) has a support forum as well.

Are you a student trying to use this?

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sexynsmartjenny

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Re: how do I install matlab on bunsenlabs? [SOLVED]

Hi, when I hit in my dialog window

matlab -nojvm

Nothing starts up at all,

but when I typed matlab -nojvm into my terminal, I think I was able to use the scirpt dialogue of matlab. So there might be a issue with java?

Oh! I found the issue. I was supposed to start matlab from the terminal and not the dialog window. This is now solved! Thank you guys! ^_^

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