MATLAB: Do I receive an error when installing from files downloaded using Firefox/Mozilla on the 64-bit Linux machine

MATLAB

I am on a a 64-bit Linux machine and have used Firefox/Mozilla to download files from MathWorks website. After I download the files and extract boot.ftp, I execute the installer to install MATLAB and encountered the following errors:

 Extracting ftp files . . . [please wait]
 Extracting matlab.common
 tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
 tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
 Error extracting matlab.common!!!
 Finished extracting ftp files.
 Starting installer ...

If I go ahead and try to install, I see only MATLAB listed. None of the other products I downloaded are in the list to install.

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This error can occur when using Firefox or Mozilla to download files on a 64-bit Linux machine. To resolve this issue, the files must be downloaded using a different browser on the 64-bit Linux machine.

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There are a few reasons why this error can occur:

1) The DAEMON line in your license.dat file is incorrect or missing.

For license server, the DAEMON line should read:

Windows

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 DAEMON MLM $MATLAB\etc\win{32|64}\mlm.exe ($MATLAB\flexlm\mlm.exe for releases prior to R2010b on Windows)

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

Linux/Mac

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 DAEMON MLM $MATLAB/etc/glnx{86|a64}/MLM

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

(NOTE: prior to R2011a, the DAEMON line on Linux/Mac was "DAEMON MLM $MATLAB/etc/glnx{86|a64}/lm_matlab")

NOTE: Once you have made changes to your license file, be sure to restart the network license manager for these changes to take effect. For more information on how to restart the license manager, see the Related Solution listed below.

2) The SERVER line in the license.dat file on a client does not match the license.dat file on the server.

If you are running MATLAB using a concurrent license and you are on a client machine, make sure the SERVER line in your license.dat file matches that of the license.dat file on your license server.

The license file on the client machine varies depending upon operating system and version. For R2008a and above, the license file is generally called network.lic and is located in $MATLAB\licenses (where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory). For versions prior to R2008a, the license file will generally be the following:

Windows

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 $MATLAB\bin\win32 (for 32-bit MATLAB)
 $MATLAB\bin\win64 (for 64-bit MATLAB)

Linux/Unix/Mac

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 $MATLAB/etc

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

The license.dat file on the server machine is located in:

 $MATLABROOT/etc ($MATLAB\flexlm for releases prior to R2010b on Windows)

(where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory)

3) The TCP port number used to communicate with the license server is already being used by another application.

For more information on finding an open port, see the Related Solution listed below .

MATLAB: Do I receive License Manager Error -16

This error will occur if the path to mlm in your license file is incorrect. To resolve this error, open the license.dat file with a plain text editor and correct the path to mlm.

Where $MATLAB is the MATLAB installation directory, the license.dat file on the server machine is located in:

$MATLAB/etc

The DAEMON line specifies the daemon type and the path to the daemon. For MATLAB, this is:

DAEMON MLM <path to vendor daemon>

The location of the daemon depends on your operating system.

Windows

The daemon will normally be located here:

$MATLAB\etc\win64\mlm.exe

Linux

The daemon will normally be located here:

$MATLAB/etc/glnxa64/mlm

Mac

$MATLAB/etc/maci64/mlm

Prior to R2011a, MLM was named lm_matlab on Linux and Mac.

Once you have made the changes to the license file, you must stop and start the network license manager. (Do not reread the license file: reread is not supported by the MATLAB vendor daemon.) For more information on stopping and starting the license manager, please see How do I start or stop the MathWorks Network License Manager?

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