sudo install not opening installer (MATLAB 2021b)

I'm on Ubuntu 20.04 trying to install MATLAB 2021b. The install script will not open the installer GUI when run with sudo. After running sudo ./install my terminal freezes like it's stuck in a loop.

Note that the installer GUI does open when ./install is run without sudo. Also, I've recently installed 2021a without problems.

Any thoughts on how I can run the installer as su?

[ClaytonA]

Looks like the problem is in /bin/glnxa64/MathWorksProductInstaller

It runs fine without sudo, however no GUI opens when run with sudo.

BTW, the MathWorksProductInstaller application didn't exist in R2021A, it used something called install_unix

Answer 1

[ClaytonA]

1. (run the command : xhost +SI:localuser:root)
2. sudo ./install

As answered here:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1459909-installer-hang-when-installing-matlab-r2021b-as-root-on-ubuntu-20-04#comment_1759029

[Aryeh Weiss]

yes - this works for me.

[manuel mar]

Worked for me too

[Brian]

And what if I wanted to install matlab without a display/X server?

[LP]

worked for me but a dam shame Mathworks continue to not support ubuntu properly

Where was the QA for this?

[Sepehr Samavi]

ditto. QA seems absent....

[Pfeiffer Renaud]

Great. It works

Answer 2

[Ahmad Sharif]

Try this

xhost +SI:localuser:root

sudo ./install

[Marco Tyler-Rodrigue]

Worked for me, thanks!

[Rustenis Tolpeznikas]

I had same issue on Mint 20.3. This works!

[chhayahitesh]

Thanks it works on ubunto

[Philip Gillibrand]

works on RHEL 8

[Albert Lyerly]

This installation method was successful for Ubuntu 20.024.3 LTS and Matlab R2022a on Lenvo P73. 8/2022

[dhruv khatri]

Thank you it worked on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. I had the exact problem before.