MATLAB: Do I get an error “xsetup: no such file or directory” when installing MATLAB on Linux

MATLAB

I get the following error when running installer:

ERROR: -------------------------------------------------------------------
    An error status was returned by the program 'xsetup',
    the X Window System version of 'install'. The following
    messages were written to standard error:
/tmp/mathworks_downloads/update/install/main.sh: line 86: 
/tmp/mathworks_downloads/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: file not found

What does this error mean and how can I resolve it?

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This error will occur if you are installing MATLAB from download and you downloaded the wrong set of binaries for your architecture. If you have 32-bit Linux, you should have downloaded the files labeled "Linux." In this case you should have files that are named *.common and *.glnx86. If you have 64-bit Linux you should have downloaded the files labeled "Linux x86-64". In that case, you should have files that are named *.common as well as the *.glnxa64 files.

Once you have the correct set of files downloaded, launch the installer once more. You should be able to complete the installation once the appropriate files have been downloaded.

If you are still unable to install after downloading the new binaries, contact Installation and Licensing Support here:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html

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This error may indicate that you do not have permissions to run the installer. If you are installing from downloaded files, run the following command to reset file permissions:

 chmod -R 755 $MATLABDOWNLOADS

(where $MATLABDOWNLOADS is the directory containing all the downloaded product files)

If you are installing from the MATLAB DVD or CD, it could be that the DVD or CD hasn't been mounted with permission to execute scripts. This is typical in distributions that automatically mount DVD's and CD's. In that case, see the solution below to resolve this issue:

1) Find the name of your DVD/CD device and check for 'noexec' permissions

To start, you will need to know the name of your device. This can be done by running the command:

 mount

You should see a list of all devices that are mounted, the paths where they are mounted, and the device names. You should see the MATLAB installation media listed (generally it will have "MATHWORKS_" in the mount path). If you see 'noexec' next to the MathWorks media, this indicates that it has been mounted as read only.

NOTE: If you receive a message that the device is busy, change directories in your terminal so that you are not on the media path (ex: cd ~)

3) Re-mount the device with the executable bit set:

Next, you can remount the device with the execute bit set.

 mount -o remount,exec $DEVICE

Where $DEVICE is the name of the device that you found in step 1. For example:

 mount -o remount,exec /dev/dvdrom

Once complete, you should be able to launch the installer.

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