Ubuntu – How to install MATLAB R2012a

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I have downloaded MATLAB R2012a for Unix platform and i want to install it on my ubuntu 11.10.
To install i try this command:

/<matlab_installation_file_directory>/install

and it says:

install: missing file operand

According to it's manual i must give it an input file, So i create an input file like this to install in 'Stand Alone' mode:

destinationFolder=usr/local/R2012a

fileInstallationKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx

agreeToLicense=yes

outputFile=/tmp/mathworks_usr.log

mode=interactive

activationPropertiesFile=home/…/lic_standalone.dat

Acctually i'm not sure in "activationPropertiesFile" field what file is required, so i supposed it requires license file. I saved this file as txt format in the same directory which installation files are.

Then i tried this command:

install -inputFile my_input_file.txt

and it gets this error:

install: invalid option -- 'i'

I know there is some helps in other websites and also some questions here about this topic, but i can't figure out what's the problem, Please help me, i'm a real noob on linux .

Thank you guys

UPDATE:

in properties of the install file i checked the item "Allow executing file as Program", now it's like this: install properties

after that i can run install file by clicking on it or by typing ./install in terminal. but in both ways i get this:

Preparing installation files ...
Installing ...
eval: 1: /tmp/mathworks_xxxx/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/bin/java: Permission denied
Finished

in third line xxxx is a random number every time like 6370 or 5310 … .
why i have not permission? what should i do?

UPDATE:

using Mahesh help i tried these commands:

sudo chmod +x ./install
sudo ./install -v

the result is:

Preparing installation files ...
->  DVD                 = /home/mehdi/qBT_dir/Matlab_Unix_2012a/ml2012au
->  ARCH                = glnx86
->  DISPLAY             = :0.0
->  TESTONLY            = 0
->  JRE_LOC             = /tmp/mathworks_6114/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre
->  LD_LIBRARY_PATH     = /tmp/mathworks_6114/bin/glnx86
 
Command to run:
/tmp/mathworks_6114/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/bin/java  -splash:"/home/mehdi/qBT_dir/Matlab_Unix_2012a/ml2012au/java/splash.png" -Djava.ext.dirs=/tmp/mathworks_6114/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/lib/ext:/tmp/mathworks_6114/java/jar:/tmp/mathworks_6114/java/jarext:/tmp/mathworks_6114/java/jarext/axis2/:/tmp/mathworks_6114/java/jarext/guice/:/tmp/mathworks_6114/java/jarext/webservices/ com/mathworks/professionalinstaller/Launcher -root "/home/mehdi/qBT_dir/Matlab_Unix_2012a/ml2012au" -tmpdir "/tmp/mathworks_6114" 
 
Installing ...
eval: 1: /tmp/mathworks_6114/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/bin/java: Permission denied
Finished

UPDATE:

Last thing to do is go into /matlab-install-files/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/bin/java and :

sudo chmod +x ./java

and then go back to installation files directory and run install by:

./install

or

sudo ./install

and it will work 🙂

Thank you all specially "Mahesh" and "John"

Best Answer

Something's wrong here. I've installed Matlab R2012a, and the install file does not require any input file.

This should work.

Command line way.

  • Open Terminal
  • cd into Matlab directory ( which has the install file and is shown in your screenshot)
  • sudo chmod +x ./install
  • sudo ./install
  • This will open a window, from where you will be able to proceed yourself.

GUI way:

  • type alt+F2. this opens the run dialog
  • type gksudo nautilus and hit enter
  • open the Matlab directory (as shown in your screenshot)
  • check if install file has execute permissions (as in your screenshot)
  • Double click install. You will get a window asking you wether to display or run.
  • Click on Run
  • you should be able to find your way from here. this opens a window with necessary instructions.

as you see, The Command line way is easier and safer.. ;)

This is guaranteed to work. And just so you know, when you executed install, as described in your question, /usr/bin/install must have got executed. It is probably the one that complained of a missing file operand.

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