I just lost a few hours getting this to work. More detailed information can be found in this Arch Linux wiki entry.
Replace $MATLAB_DIR with the path you installed Matlab to (e.g.: /home/username/matlab). I had to navigate the installer with the keyboard as text input boxes stopped working as soon as I clicked on something with the mouse.
cd ~/Downloads/matlab_R2022b_glnxa64
export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6
./install
Set scaling for high DPI screens:
TMP=$HOME/tmp $MATLAB_DIR/bin/matlab -r "s = settings;s.matlab.desktop.DisplayScaleFactor.PersonalValue=2;quit" -nodesktop -nosplash
Fix opengl errors:
echo "-Djogl.disable.openglarbcontext=1" >> $MATLAB_DIR/bin/glnxa64/java.opts
Add shortcut:
> cat ~/.local/share/applications/matlab.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
MimeType=text/x-matlab
Exec=env LD_PRELOAD="/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib64/libfreetype.so.6" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/dri/ $MATLAB_DIR/bin/matlab -desktop
Name=Matlab
Icon=$MATLAB_DIR/bin/glnxa64/cef_resources/matlab_icon.png
Categories=Development;Math;Science
Comment=Scientific computing environment
StartupNotify=true
