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Matlab installation problem

Asked by bhaskar

I am using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwal and in recent days i am trying to install Matlab 2010a in my ubuntu system. I am installing matlab, but the problem is when quit from this matlab there was no installation candidate in my ubuntu system. Even i don't get any errors in my terminal while installing matlab. After installation it was running fine and quitting from matlab has giving the problem. So it's difficult to install matlab every time i use. anyone can suggest that how i overcome this problem as early as possible.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MATLAB

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bhaskar (hinduvsp) said : 		#2

Sorry, the procedure mentioned in the link is not working with my ubuntu system.
so suggest some other procedure in order get rid of this problem.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Can you give the output of the command rather than "It doesn't work".How can we progress if you give us no feedback at all....

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bhaskar (hinduvsp) said : 		#4

I am provided more information of execution of matlab in command prompt and the same results are mentioned below.

bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:~/Desktop$ sudo mkdir /media/iso
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/iso': File exists
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:~/Desktop$ sudo modprobe loop
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:~/Desktop$ sudo mount -t iso9660 -o loop Matlab.UNIX.R2010a.iso /media/iso
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:~/Desktop$ cd /opt
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:/opt$ sudo mkdir matlab2010a
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:/opt$ cd matlab2010a
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:/opt/matlab2010a$ sudo sh /media/iso/install -t
-------------------------------------------------------------------
    The following messages were written to standard error
    while running 'xsetup' the X Window System version
    of 'install'.

        xsetup: Unable to load required font.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
bhaskar@bhaskar-Inspiron-1525:/opt/matlab2010a$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Not sure, are there bugs logged

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bhaskar (hinduvsp) said : 		#6

how can i see the bugs logged in my ubuntu system.......

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#7

As a simpler solution, you may want to look at the "scilab" package. This is very similar to matlab, and has a syntax that is almost the same, so it is easy to transition from one to the other.

Scilab is free and available in the package repositories, so it is a simple matter to click it to install it completely, no fiddling with the terminal.

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bhaskar (hinduvsp) said : 		#8

Thanks for your suggestion and i want to use matlab and i can install on every use.
So i am closing this problem and if you have any answer lets post here..

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bhaskar (hinduvsp) said : 		#9

The actual MATLAB installation is provided in another thread and that is providing here
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dbus/+question/157181