Plzz help me to install matlab 7.4 in fedora core 6

kootharaas · #1 23rd June 2007, 03:36 PM

I was trying to install matlab 7.4 in fedora 6.
ts showing the error like this

[root@Tejas matlab7_4linux]# ./install* -t

Welcome to the MATLAB Installer

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Please review the license agreement on the next set of screens. On any |
| screen the options to proceed are at the bottom. Type your response |
| at the prompt. |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The MathWorks, Inc. [screen 1 of 90]
-------------------
Software License Agreement

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THE LICENSE AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH ANY APPLICABLE ADDENDUM REPRESENTS
THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (THE "LICENSEE") AND THE MATHWORKS,
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> For this License Agreement <<<<<<<<
Enter either: <return> a r p ^C
To: [next screen] [accept] [reject] [print] [abort]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> a
/root/matlab7_4linux/update/install/main.sh: line 80: /root/matlab7_4linux/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: Permission denied

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plzzz help to solve this problem...

if it is the problem with permission--- plzz tell me how to change permission.

thanks......

lebesgue · #2 23rd June 2007, 05:20 PM

Are you issuing the install command in the directory in which you would like to install matlab? say /usr/local/matlab for instance.
Also why are you installing the terminal version?

kc1di · #3 23rd June 2007, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kootharaas

I was trying to install matlab 7.4 in fedora 6.
ts showing the error like this

[root@Tejas matlab7_4linux]# ./install* -t

Welcome to the MATLAB Installer

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Please review the license agreement on the next set of screens. On any |
| screen the options to proceed are at the bottom. Type your response |
| at the prompt. |
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

The MathWorks, Inc. [screen 1 of 90]
-------------------
Software License Agreement

IMPORTANT NOTICE

THE LICENSE AGREEMENT TOGETHER WITH ANY APPLICABLE ADDENDUM REPRESENTS
THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (THE "LICENSEE") AND THE MATHWORKS,
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> For this License Agreement <<<<<<<<
Enter either: <return> a r p ^C
To: [next screen] [accept] [reject] [print] [abort]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> a
/root/matlab7_4linux/update/install/main.sh: line 80: /root/matlab7_4linux/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: Permission denied

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plzzz help to solve this problem...

if it is the problem with permission--- plzz tell me how to change permission.

thanks......

A little more info please. is this an RPM ? is it from Source code? Have you already compiled it? Do you need to run Make and make install?

if none of those fits your situation try the following command.

> su
become root

go to the directory containing the install file and type something like this.

sh ./install.bin (or what everthe file extention is)

Give that a try if it does not work let us know.

kootharaas · #4 23rd June 2007, 06:29 PM

[root@Tejas matlab7_4linux]# ./install
-------------------------------------------------------------------

An error status was returned by the program 'xsetup',
the X Window System version of 'install'. The following
messages were written to standard error:

/root/matlab7_4linux/update/install/main.sh: line 86: /root/matlab7_4linux/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: Permission denied

Attempt to fix the problem and try again. If X is not available
or 'xsetup' cannot be made to work then try the terminal
version of 'install' using the command:

install* -t or INSTALL* -t

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Sorry! Setup aborted . . .

this is the error when first i tried to install.......

@lebesgue
Are you issuing the install command in the directory in which you would like to install matlab? say /usr/local/matlab for instance.

No. i copied the installation file from a windows machine hard drive thru ssh to root directory and i am running the install command from the matlab setup directory..

@kc1di
A little more info please. is this an RPM ? is it from Source code? Have you already compiled it? Do you need to run Make and make install?

1. Not a rpm
2. its a package containing so many files and after running the install command... a window will come to choose the operating system. linux x86 / x86_64 / mac / mac(intel) / solaris 64 . its a mutli os supporting installation files.
3. no need to compile. size of this package is around 3.2Gb
4. that install file doesn't have any extension. i can open it in text editor.

http://www.mathworks.com/access/help...x/f0-2970.html

here the exact procedure is given....

but unfortunately its not working.....

plzz...................................

lebesgue · #5 25th June 2007, 08:21 AM

I'm not sure about this. I just installed matlab on an FC6 machine over the weekend and had no problems (well, apart from SElinux but that was easily sorted).

I had the matlab dvd iso stored on an external drive and mounted it with something like

# mount -r -o loop /mnt/dvd /media/lacie/software/matlab/a_long_file_name.iso

then made a directory for my installation (/usr/local/matlab), navigated there and copied the licence.dat into it. Then just ran the script

/usr/local/matlab]$ /mnt/dvd/install

and matlab is now humming over some matrices.

I've not tried the install with the '-t' flag but just out of interest does that enable you to run scripts in the linux shell if you add a directive on the first line of the script? something like

#! /usr/bin/env matlab

say.

thinkgeek · #6 1st August 2007, 04:15 AM

I just made a post earlier today detailing how I installed the student version of Matlab 7.4 in Fedora 7. It might be of use for any other obstacles that you might run into. The installation of Matlab in Fedora 7 shouldn't be that different from Fedora 6 (if at all).

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...ghlight=matlab

As for the issue that you are currently having, it sounds like you haven't given the executable files permission to execute. The file in particular that is sounds like doesn't have permission to run currently is the "xsetup" in "/unix/update/bin/glnx86". In order to fix this issue you have to right click on the file ("xsetup") and then click on Properties. In the Properties window, click on Permissions. There is a check box down towards the bottom of the window that needs to be checked to give executable files the permission to run as a program. After you change the permission for that file you should be good go.

For good measure, when I installed Matlab I just when thorough all of the files and made this change all of them so I wouldn't run into this issue with any other executables.