MATLAB: Error installing Python on Matlab

Question

Hi

I'm trying to install python on Matlab2014b to call some Matlab script from Python. I add the Python path in Matlab and write the following command:

cd "matlabroot\extern\engines\python"
python setup.py install

(where matlabroot is the path where Matlab is installed) but I get the following error:

"Undefined function 'python' for input arguments of type 'char'"

I controlled and in the current folder the file"setup.py" exists. Where I am wrong?

thanks

Answer 1

You are supposed to run the command from the system prompt, not MATLAB command window:

"To install the engine API, execute the following commands at the operating system prompt, where matlabroot is the path to the MATLAB folder."

Reference:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-the-matlab-engine-for-python.html