MATLAB: Do I see the error “error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1” when starting MATLAB on a Linux machine

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Why do I see the error "error while loading shared libraries: libcrypt.so.1" when starting MATLAB on a Linux machine?

This issue will occur if you are missing the libcrypt.so.1 library, which is part of the libxcrypt package. To resolve this issue, run the command:

sudo yum install libxcrypt-compat

To resolve this problem, open a Terminal window and use the commands below depending on your OS architecture:

For 64-bit Ubuntu:

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib64/libc.so.6

For 32-bit Ubuntu:

sudo ln -s /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib/libc.so.6

For using the Student Version on 64-bit:

sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 /lib

Afterwards try starting MATLAB again.

This issue will occur if you are missing the libXss.so.1 library, which is part of the libXScrnSaver package. To resolve this issue, run the command:

sudo yum install libXScrnSaver