During a network license installation of MATLAB 7.11 (R2010b) I was prompted to download product updates. The installer crashes immediately after downloading these updates with the following message:
The application encountered an unexpected error and needs to close. More information can be found at ...
The error references a log file with the following content:
java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: java.lang.NullPointerException at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerGet(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.get(Unknown Source) at com.mathworks.wizard.command.AbstractTaskStep$1.call(AbstractTaskStep.java:37) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.mathworks.install.InstallerBuilderImpl.addArchives(InstallerBuilderImpl.java:189) at com.mathworks.installwizard.command.DWSInstaller.install(DWSInstaller.java:95) at com.mathworks.installwizard.model.InstallTask.execute(InstallTask.java:42) at com.mathworks.installwizard.model.AbstractBackgroundTask.call(AbstractBackgroundTask.java:78) at com.mathworks.installwizard.model.AbstractBackgroundTask.call(AbstractBackgroundTask.java:27)
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