How do I install on Ubuntu?

I am a novice Ubuntu user, I know how to use Terminal. I am trying to install MATLAB 2020a on my Ubuntu machine, I have downloaded the Linux Installer which is a zip folder. What do I do from here? Thanks!

[Haoran Zhu]

help me solve the problem.

Answer 1

[Karim Ghezali]

How to install MATLAB R2020a on ubuntu

• Download the Matlab installer file
• Unzip the installer file using this command:

unzip -X -K matlab_R2020a_glnxa64.zip -d matlab_2020a_installer

• Open the matalab_2020a_installer folder and open a terminal
• use your terminal as root using the following command :

sudo su

• type your password then :

sudo ./install

Now the MATLAB Installer is on, sign in, follow the steps and choose the product that you need

Nb :

Be sure to run the installer as root that will allow matlab to write in /usr/local/MATLAB/R2020a folder

Using only the sudo command can cause this error message :

$ sudo ./install
No protocol specified
terminate called after throwing an instance of '(anonymous namespace)::DisplayError'
  what():  No display available.

[Sudipto Ghosh]

Thanks. Really helpful!

[Hamza Shaikh]

Thanks.

[Jacob Sandler]

Running the

sudo ./install

line returns

sudo: ./install: command not found

How can I remedy this?

[Stefan Schwarze]

if "sudo su" is executed before, only "./install" is sufficient

[Raul Foronda]

Hello,

I runned the commands and received that the instalation was successfully completed, but didn't find the program on my computer. How can I fix this ?

[Carlos Reiakvam]

sudo apt install matlab-support

This helped me alot after my installation

[Karim Ghezali]

To run Matlab you will not found it on your desktop

Open your terminal :

• Go to this folder using :

cd /usr/local/MATLAB/R2020a/bin

• Then open matlab :

./matlab

[Floriana Vasile]

if you go on the Ubuntu Software center you will find Matlab. It doesn't install Matlab, but once installed you will finally have your icon to click (there will be few steps to ''configure'' it).

If it doesn't work open the terminal with ctrl + shift + t and then just write matlab. It is very useful, since if matlab doesn't respond you can also just close the terminal to close it!

[Md Shahid Ansari]

I tried to follow the steps after rooting, sudo ./install shows error " error while loading shared libraries:file too short"

how can I resolve this problem?

Trying to install in ubuntu 16.04 R2020a matlab version.

[Shubham Vermani]

Just do

sudo su

before unzipping the file

[Brian Derstine]

For whatever reason, this answer did not work.

I ran sudo su for the unzip command to avoid error messages related to the options -X -K but received the No protocol specified error when attempting to run sudo ./install as root.

If instead, I exit out of sudo and run sudo ./install as my user, the install just works. I believe this has something to do with the root user not being able to launch the installer GUI i.e., No display available.

One additional step might be to create the destination installation directory: sudo mkdir /usr/local/MATLAB/R2021a (or whatever version) prior to running the install.

[Sunreeta Bhattacharya]

You can create a desktop shortcut icon launcher to open matlab by defining the path to launch. If you installed it to the usr folder the path will look like: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2020a/bin/matlab -desktop

[Ahmad Bayhaqi]

I have tried to install matlab R2021a version following this code.

However, I got warning like this :

GLIBC_2.14 is not found.

What should I do then?

Thank you

[Ahmad Abuaish]

Hi there,

I am installing MATLAB 2021b prerelease. When I am in su, the install program won't run, i.e., the installation gui won't launch and the terminal would halt. However, when login as a user, the install program would run and installation gui would appear, but I get the root permission error. I could choose a different directory. But I think I should stick the defualt directory.

So, how can I get the install program to run in su mode? I even tried sudo ./install when I was in user mode.

Kind regards, and I look forward to hearing from any one.

[Yantong Wang]

Same problem with Ahmad... by the way, my OS is ubuntu 20.04.

[Satheesh S]

Same problem with Yantong and Ahmad

[Shiro Hirano]

Same problem with the above three for LinuxMint 20.2, although I was able to install R2020a and R2021a to /usr/local/MATLAB/.

[Fabiano Baroni]

Same problem here. What is the recommended solution? Running it with gksudo could be a good option?

[Álvaro F. López de Quadros]

If installation GUI doesn't launch, it could very well be that MATLAB is not being able to access the X Server. Run:

xhost +SI:localuser:root
sudo ./install

@Brian Derstine @Ahmad Bayhaqi @Ahmad Abuaish @Yantong Wang @Satheesh S @Shiro Hirano @Fabiano Baroni

[Karnbir Saini]

@Álvaro F. López de Quadros the xhost command solved my issue. Thanks!

[Nicholas William Chai]

@Álvaro F. López de Quadros Yes, the xhost solved the issue.

[yogesh nijsure]

@Álvaro F. López de Quadros, xhost command solved my issue.

[Kristan Sears]

Hello, I'm a novice user of both Matlab and Linux, but most of my Matlab experience has been on Windows 7, 10. When I try to install on Kubuntu 20.10, I get this error:

..$ sudo ./install 
/home/<user-name>/Documents/Matlab/matlab_R2021b_glnxa64/bin/glnxa64/MathWorksProductInstaller: error while loading sh
    ared libraries: /home/<user-name>/Documents/Matlab/matlab_R2021b_glnxa64/bin/glnxa64/libicudata.so.67: file too short

[JOONSOO YOO]

@Álvaro F. López de Quadros Thanks, it solved my issue as well

[Sébastien MAILFERT]

@Álvaro F. López de Quadros Thank you!!!!!!!!

[MAMATHA YADAVALLI]

While installaing matlab in ubunru i am geeting below error.Please help me to install.

Answer 2

[William Rolen]

You dont actually have to install it to root. You can just install to your home directory. I would actually prefer this way, particularly if you work on a cluster.

[Mahmod Karndash]

I have ubuntu18.04 in wsl2 how install matlab r2018a step by step please help

I tried but I do not Succeed

root@DESKTOP-SMROJT0:~/softwares/R2018a# sudo ./install

Preparing installation files ...

Installing ...

Finished

root@DESKTOP-SMROJT0:~/softwares/R2018a# xhost +SI:localuser:root

localuser:root being added to access control list

X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)

Major opcode of failed request: 109 (X_ChangeHosts)

Value in failed request: 0xe

Serial number of failed request: 7

Current serial number in output stream: 9

root@DESKTOP-SMROJT0:~/softwares/R2018a# sudo ./install

Preparing installation files ...

Installing ...

Finished

root@DESKTOP-SMROJT0:~/softwares/R2018a#

[Mahmod Karndash]

root@DESKTOP-SMROJT0:~/softwares/R2018a# sudo ./install

Preparing installation files ...

Installing ...

Finished

the installer does not launch and MATLAB is not installed.

please help

[Mohamed Kbaier]

sudo ./install it works. 00EKm:~/Téléchargements/matlab_R2024a_Linux$ sudo ./install

[Laxmi]

After installation, how to load the matlab which is installed in ubuntu 20.04.

Answer 3

[Samuel Gray]

The basic problem is that "Linux Matlab" was initially only compatible with RedHat based Linux and has gained compatibility with Debian-based Ubuntu over time.

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/previous-releases.html

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/matlab-system-requirements.html

To install the older RH based Matlab on Ubuntu you have to go into the distribution tree and run an "alternate" installer. Look at the readme files which will show how to do this. Look for the section that has to do with the GUI failing to launch.

The later versions are compatible with Ubuntu and as such an upgraded version should not have this problem. So now you just have to worry about what version of Linux to run as there are definite advantages to each.