MATLAB: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/bin/util/oscheck.sh: 605: /lib64/libc.so.6: not found

lib64 libcMATLABshared libraryUbuntuubuntu 11.04ubuntu 11.10

My MATLAB R2011a installation on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit gives the following warning when starting up:

/usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/bin/util/oscheck.sh: 605: /lib64/libc.so.6: not found

The library in question is installed on the system:

$ locate libc.so

/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6

/lib32/libc.so.6

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so

I had the same problem, you can make a symbolic link to the location matlab expects it to be with the following command:

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

hope this helps!

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.

My question about choice of library was "mostly answered" at:

But it deals with the issue on Ubuntu 11.04.

For Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit) the solution is (as provided at the url above): sudo ln -s /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so /lib64/libc.so.6

For Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit), libc-2.15.so replaces libc-2.13.so.

I am not sure how general this is, but I suggest finding out what libc.so.6 is linked to in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

That is for 12.04, in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: libc.so.6 -> libc-2.15.so

It works, though perhaps not for future versions of Ubuntu.