Why do I see "Preparing installation files ... Installing ... Finished..." in the terminal window when running the Installer on Linux, but MATLAB is not installed?

When running the Installer on Linux, I see the below in terminal:

Preparing installation files ...
Installing ...
Finished.

However, the installer does not launch and MATLAB is not installed.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This issue can be due to several different issues. The most common causes are:

1. One or more of the binaries required for installation inside the MATLAB installation folder does not have execute permissions
2. Launching the installer without an X11 display configured
3. The user that is launching the installer is not able to display windows on this X11 display
4. Libraries required for the MATLAB installer are missing

Issue #1: One or more of the binaries required for installation inside the MATLAB installation folder does not have execute permissions

To resolve this issue, grant execute permission to the entire MATLAB installer folder by running this command from the folder which contains the installer folder:

sudo chmod -R 777 matlab_R20XXx_glnxa64 

​You must be part of the sudoers/wheel group to run this command and will be prompted for your password. We do not recommend installing as root.

Issue #2: Launching the installer without an X11 display configured

Launching the MATLAB installer on a machine without an X11 display will fail unless you configure the installer to run silently. To install MATLAB without an X11 display, see the below related article:

How do I use the Silent Installer for MATLAB?

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/98137-how-do-i-use-the-silent-installer-for-matlab

Issue #3: The user that is launching the installer is not able to display windows on this X11 display

This issue often occurs when launching the installer as root. See the below for more information:

Why can't I install MATLAB with the root account in Linux when the installer works for my user account?https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/133944-why-can-t-i-install-matlab-with-the-root-account-in-linux-when-the-installer-works-for-my-user-accou

Issue #4: Libraries required for the MATLAB installer are missing

MATLAB is fully supported on Desktop installation of Linux. It is not supported on minimal distributions. A minimal installation may not contain all libraries that MATLAB requires.

Even if you intend to run MATLAB only in non-graphical mode, MATLAB requires some X11 libraries to run. Unfortunately, we are not able to specify the X11 requirements down to the exact set of packages required because different distributions may package the libraries differently. MATLAB will work out of the box on desktop installations of any supported distribution.

See the below for a list of qualified distributions:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/matlab-system-requirements.html?sec=linux

Answer 2

[Lingyu YUE]

You can try type:

xhost +SI:localuser:root

before sudo ./install