MATLAB: Does MATLAB fail to start on Linux citing a permissions error

MATLAB

I installed MATLAB, but I am unable to run it. Why does MATLAB fail to start on Linux citing a permissions error?

Best Answer

This behavior indicates that the MATLAB installation lacks the necessary permission settings to be run by the current user account. The most common cause of this issue is the umask settings of the machine.

To resolve the issue, change the permissions on the MATLAB installation directory with the chmod command:

chmod -R 755 /usr/local/MATLAB/R20XXx/

This will update the permissions to make all the files and applications readable and executable by any user of the machine. If you have other questions or are unable to fix the issue, contact MathWorks Licensing and Installation Support for assistance.

Related Solutions

MATLAB: Is the MATLAB installer unable to detect an existing MATLAB installation on the Unix-based computer

The MATLAB installer will fail to detect an existing installation if the permissions on the machine prevent it from properly reading and writing to the installation directory. If running the installation as a standard user account fails, run the installer with the sudo command to install as root. This can be done with the following commands in the terminal:

sudo /Volumes/matlab_R20XXx_maci64/InstallForMacOSX.app/Contents/MacOS/InstallForMacOSX

on Mac machines

sudo /path/to/installation/folder/install.sh

on Linux machines.

If you are unable to resolve the issues with installation, please contact MathWorks Licensing and Installation Support for further assistance.

MATLAB: Install command on linux doesn’t bring up installer

Hello Brenda,

As I understand, you are trying to install MATLAB in Linux from the command line and are not getting the installation manager to show up. The most likely reason is that you do not have permissions to one or more of the files in the installation folder. Execute the following before trying launch the installer:

sudo chmod -R 777 matlab_R20XXx_glnxa64
sudo ./install

Additionally, check out this related Answers post with other possible suggestions: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/229857-why-do-i-see-preparing-installation-files-installing-finished-in-the-terminal-window-wh

Best Answer

Related Solutions

MATLAB: Is the MATLAB installer unable to detect an existing MATLAB installation on the Unix-based computer

MATLAB: Install command on linux doesn’t bring up installer

Related Question