problem installing matlab 7 in FC6

[polosecki]

I'm having this apparently stupid problem installing matlab 7 in FC6. I 'm following the steps from the installation guide, but when i try to run the installer (logged as root) by typing "install* &" i get this message:

[1] 5491
[root@localhost MathWorks_R14_1]# install: missing file operand
Try `install --help' for more information.


If I just type "install" instead, i get:

install: missing file operand
Try `install --help' for more information.


What should I do?

[leigh123linux]

try

./install

./install --help

[polosecki]

I tried doing that, but the parameters proposed there didn't seem to help. Apparently, "install" is a command similar to "cp" but i need it to open the matlab graphical installation menu instead.

[dbaran]

maybe you need to boot your drive with this

mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom

I hope this helps

[polosecki]

Yeap, that worked, thank you dbaran. Apparently the installer program won't run propperly if the drive automounts, since it needs to be mounted in the directory

/media/cdrom

strange? true

[dbaran]

Actually the location of the directory does not matter but your fstab and automount. I guess automount relies on the fstab file and for the Matlab CD's your fstab doesn't allow execution. That is why it is necessary to mount indirectly with that command which gives execution right to you.
I am glad that it helped you

[polosecki]

Thank you, dbaran, for making that clear to me, now i understand what it was.