MATLAB: Install through X11 Forwarding on Red Hat 7

x11 fowarding installation failure

I'm having trouble installing MATLAB R2015B on Red Hat Enterprise 7 through X11 forwarding. When I run "./install" I can see the splash screen, but then the installer immediately quits. Here is the corresponding output:
$ ./install
Preparing installation files ...
Installing ...
Finished
I have also run ./install -v, here it is:
$ ./install -v
  Preparing installation files ...
  ->  DVD                 = /home/user/matlab_install
  ->  ARCH                = glnxa64
  ->  DISPLAY             = 152.19.9.71:10.0
  ->  TESTONLY            = 0
  ->  JRE_LOC             = /tmp/mathworks_8084/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre
  ->  LD_LIBRARY_PATH     = /tmp/mathworks_8084/bin/glnxa64
    Command to run:
    /tmp/mathworks_8084/sys/java/jre/glnxa64/jre/bin/java -Xmx512m   -splash:"/home/user/matlab_install/java/splash.png" -cp /tmp/mathworks_8084/java/config/professionalinstaller/pathlist.jar com/mathworks/professionalinstaller/Launcher -root "/home/user/matlab_install" -libdir "/tmp/mathworks_8084" 
    Installing ...
    Finished
This command also shows the splash screen and immediately dies. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

Best Answer

I figured out the answer to my own question. Java is required for the installation, but Red Hat 7 doesn't have Java installed by default. You can install Java following the instructions here:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/JBoss_Communications_Platform/5.0/html/Platform_Installation_Guide/chap-Installing_and_Configuring_Java.html
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