Unable to run matlab code from python, I have Matlab2024a, python 3.11 and Macbook M1.

After installing Matalab2024a locally on my Mac M1. I installed matlabengine 24.1.1 from https://pypi.org/project/matlabengine/ , I'm getting the following error. can you please give me a step by step instruction how can we resolve this, Thankyou

Traceback:

../../../miniconda3/envs/osipi/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module

return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)

test1.py:2: in <module>

import matlab.engine

E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'matlab.engine'; 'matlab' is not a package

Answer 1

[Divyanshu]

Hi Siddharth,

A possible reason for error "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'matlab.engine'; 'matlab' is not a package" can be because of incomplete or incorrect installation of MATLAB Engine API for Python.

You can try the following steps:

• Clean the existing installation of MATLAB Engine.
• Re-installing the MATLAB Engine API for Python, you can refer the following documentation for it: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-the-matlab-engine-for-python.html

Moreover, please refer the following documentation for further details on how to call MATLAB from Python:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab-engine-for-python.html

Hope it helps!