'system' command issues: R2016a on Kubuntu 16.04

Hello,

I'm facing two issues with the system command. These issues arose when I upgraded my system to Kubuntu 16.04 from 14.04.

I'm using R2016a.

Both issues arise when I use the following command:

system('sed s/\\\\ttmax=.*$/\\\\ttmax=600/ text.txt','-echo')

where text.txt is:

\ttmax=500

1) the '-echo' flag does not display the executed command

2) The sed command does not change the value of tmax in text.txt

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[Saurabh Gupta]

Hello Peter,

MATLAB R2016a is qualified on Ubuntu 14.04 through 15.10, so you may encounter some unpredictable behavior on Kubuntu 16.04. I would recommend you to install the current release, MATLAB R2016b, which supports Ubunutu 16.04 LTS. Refer to the below links for the Linux system requirements for both releases.

https://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/files/SystemRequirements-Release2016a_Linux.pdf

http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/index.html