install_addon('smlink.r2020b.win64.zip') got error below

Question

Yuttana Emyong 2021-2-20

回答： Jemima Pulipati 2021-2-23

I run matlab right click run as admin already but have error. Can someone help me?

>> install_addon('smlink.r2020b.win64.zip')

Installing smlink...

Extracting archive smlink.r2020b.win64.zip to C:\Program Files\MATLAB\R2020b...

Error using install_addon (line 52)

Java exception occurred:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Negative time

at java.io.File.setLastModified(File.java:1427)

Answer 1

Jemima Pulipati 2021-2-23

Hello,

From my understanding, the exception message occurs due to a difference in the locale and region settings.

You may consider setting the regional settings to US before the installation to avoid the "Negative time" exception.

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