Silent install of R2021a to Linux machine fails, input filename corrupted with "=true"

Since my network connection to the target machine is unreliable, I tried to do a silent installation with "sudo ./install -inputFile=/home<home directory>/installer_input.txt". It insisted on opening an X11 window and doing an interactive install.

I found the log file at /tmp/mathworks_root.log, and it appears to be using the wrong input filename:

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) Current Directory: /media

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) Input file not found /home/<home directory>/installer_input.txt=true

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) Installer build number: 9.10.0.1602886

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) Input arguments:

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) inputfile: /home/<home directory>/installer_input.txt=true

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) mode: silent

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) root: /media

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) flow: fikworkflow

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) Error reading file /home/<home directory>/installer_input.txt=true

(Feb 28, 2022 17:34:02) File '/home/<home directory>/installer_input.txt=true' does not exist

Answer 1

[Himanshu]

Hey Harold,

I understand that you are encountering an error while trying to silently install R2021a on a Linux machine.

To silently install MATLAB on a Linux machine you need to follow the following steps:

1. Download an installer containing the MathWorks products you want to install on the target computer.
2. Make a copy of the installer properties file ‘installer_input.txt’.
3. Open the copied installer properties file using any text editor and uncomment only the parameters that start with a single # symbol and enter the appropriate values.
4. In a command window or terminal, start the installer using the ‘-inputFile’ option to specify the full path of your installer properties file as a command-line argument.
5. On Linux, run the install script with the ‘-inputFile option’. For example:

install -inputFile /tmp/my_installer_input.txt 

Please find detailed documentation regarding silent installation of MATLAB here:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/install/ug/install-noninteractively-silent-installation.html#mw_f40d6a46-79d3-4f79-b660-3b4b436f5648

Hope this helps!