sudo ./install doesn't start on Linux
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I've downloaded zip file of MATLAB R2021b for linux and when i tried to use the command sudo ./install nothing happen, i've tried with sudo sh ./install but nothing. Terminal give me no messages and i don't know what to do but i need matlab on my pc. It seems like the file named install doesn't work, how can i solve?
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Rik
2021-10-9
This issue seems to be specific to R2021b. I have seen a suggested solution in another thread, but it is hard to track down on mobile.
What you can do is to run it as a normal user. You will need chown for the install directory (don't forget to change owner back to root when you're done).
Joseph Zsombor-Pindera
2021-12-3
@Rik this worked for me too, thanks!
Piero Mana
2022-8-18
编辑：Piero Mana
2022-8-18
Same problem for me with Matlab 2022a (on Ubuntu 20.04LTS). This is a bug, an installer should work smoothly without requiring the user to go searching for fixes on the internet (unless Matlab wishes people to use Octave instead ;)
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Riccardo Scorretti
2022-3-23
This question has been solved here:
In short, it is mandatory to enable root to access the X server:
xhost +SI:localuser:root
sudo ./install
This worked on my PC (Ubuntu 20.04).
Best regards
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Keane Gonzalez
2022-4-27
This worked perfectly.
usman ali
2022-5-18
it worked on ubuntu 22.04 too
Tianyu Yang
2022-5-28
Thank you, works indeed for 22.04 : )
Arthur Mingasson
2022-1-24
编辑：Arthur Mingasson
2022-1-24
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Encountered the same issue with 2021b on ubuntu 20.04
- What workded for me was to first ./install it without sudo in my home folder
- sudo mv the full folder into /usr/local/
- And finally create myself the symlink in /usr/bin/.
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Jens Geisler
2022-1-28
Probably a viable and painless solution. Otherwise to make sudo ./install work see here: https://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1463349-ubuntu-the-sudo-install-does-not-work-for-matlab#answer_869355
Pol Adillon
2022-3-1
can anyone explain how to creat a symlink in /usr/bin/?
Thanks
Steven Wolf
2022-3-2
I guess this works. This qualifies (in my mind, anyway) as a bug in the installer. It does have a drawback as well. As near as I can tell, you must decide, upon initial installation, what packages/add-ons that you want. If you want to add-in a new package, you'd have to move the installation back to a location that is writable by the user, or entirely re-install matlab.
@Pol Adillon to create a symlink, you should be able to do the usual thing, ln -s <source file> <link location>, so something like, ln -s /usr/local/MATLAB/R2021b/bin/matlab /usr/bin/matlab should create a link to your matlab executable. You probably need sudo privileges to write the link to /usr/bin, so you'll need to append that to the beginning of the link command.
Tanmay Das
2021-10-12
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Hi,
To my understanding, you are not able to launch MATLAB R2021b in your linux terminal. The most likely reason is that you do not have permissions to one or more of the files in the installation folder. A similar question has been answered previously the link to which has been attached below. It might help you resolve your issue.
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Niladri Sekhar Mandal
2021-11-24
I could not install 2021b, but could install 2020b without any setting changes. It seems there is a bug in the installer.
David Wilby
2021-11-17
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I'm also having this issue on ubuntu linux 18.04 with R2021b. This seems like quite a critical failure for Linux users. Are there any plans to fix this bug in the installer?
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Joseph Zsombor-Pindera
2021-12-3
It's broken for me too!
Péter Fiala
2021-12-12
The same issue with me
Andrew Sinnott
2022-1-10
I'm having the same issue
Robert Kirkby
2022-1-19
编辑：Robert Kirkby
2022-1-19
Same problem with R2021b on Kubuntu 20.10:
./install runs fine but obviously can't install to /usr/local/ as don't have access privelidges
sudo ./install the gui never appears (nothing happens, the command line claims to be running the installer when I quit it)
(can install R2021a just fine)
Andrew Sinnott
2022-1-24
Yep 2021a works fine for me, but even with privileges enabled 2021b won't install
Oren Schneorson
2022-4-7
0 个投票
Change permissions on the MATLAB folder:
sudo chmod a+rwx /usr/local/MATLAB
After install change it back if you so wish.
Daniel Tholen
2023-7-6
0 个投票
None of the advise presented in these (and similar threads) worked for me.
What did work is the excellent mpm tool on github (i.e. not using the installer at all), but it requires some manual configuration.
I'll add that it is a bit sad that the Matlab installer thinks it is so good, it doesn't need to report errors but just hangs and even ignores a TERM signal. Doesn't insipre confidence!
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