MATLAB: Am I unable to start a new network license manager on Linux

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I have installed the Network License Manager on my Linux box but I am unable to start it or use some of the license manager utilities
When I try to do so, I receive one or more of the following errors:
ERROR: ./lmgrd: Command not found.
OR
/lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory
OR
9:09:56 (MLM) FLEXnet Licensing version v11.8.0.0 build 81116 i86_lsb MLM: can't initialize: Invalid license file syntax. (-2,40027) 
ERROR: 9:09:56 (MLM) EXITING DUE TO SIGNAL 52 Exit reason 20
OR
>$ /usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/etc/lmstart 
ERROR: Checking license file for local hostname and local hostid . . .
Taking down any existing license manager daemons . . .
     No license manager daemons running . . .
Starting license manager . . .
     Debug logfile = /var/tmp/lm_TMW.log
License verification completed successfully.
eval: 1: /var/tmp/lm_TMW.ld: not found
     Waiting 300 secs for MATLAB vendor daemon to come up . . .
             Type your interrupt character (usually CTRL-C) to quit.
     Time = 3 secs  :  still waiting . . .
OR 
ERROR: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/etc/glnxa64/lmhostid: not found
    Error: Your hostname matches the hostname on a SERVER line in
           your license file but the lmhostid in that line does not.
           Your local lmhostid(s) are:
           
 
           Your hostname is:  licserver1.support.mathworks.com 
           The SERVER line in question is:
           -----------------------------------------------
           SERVER licserver1.support.mathworks.com 001122DDEE99 27000
           -----------------------------------------------
Please stop, fix the problem, and try again . . .
Continue to start up license manager? y/[n])
How can I start the network license manager and use the license manager utilities?

Best Answer

These errors will occur if you try to run the License Manager on a system which is missing the Linux Standard Base (LSB) library, which the License Manager is dependent upon. 
The workaround is to have the License Manager use a standard library instead by adding a symlink to your OS.
To add the the symlink, navigate to the /lib64 directory and run the following command:
ln -s ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3
Once you have added the symlink, verify it by running
ls -l /lib64 | grep lsb
which should generate
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   20 Jan 12 18:58 ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 -> ld-linux-x86-64.so.2*
With the symlink in place, try starting the License Manager. 
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