Matlab 2019b wont start on Ubuntu 18.04 (installation seemed to work)

Hey there.

I tried installing Matlab 2019b on my Ubuntu 18.04 after the following instruction:

https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-matlab-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux

Everything worked, the Installer opened, I successfull installed Matlab. I didnt got a single error message or smt related. Every screen looked like the ones in the instruction.

But after finishing the installation & creating the shortcut launcher the programm did not start. In fact, I couldnt find the installed programm.

Either Matlab didnt install correct (& I wouldnt know why) or I'm for some reason not able to open the programm properly.

I tried installing the Matlab Helper from the Software Store, when I try to launch Matlab this way I get a reaction - Matlab appears on the left top with the rotating circle like it's going to start every second. But then it disappears again & nothing happens.

I have no great experience, wether in Matlab nor in Linux & I'm thankful for any kind of help.

Greetings, Elias

[Logan Manderle]

I had this same issue. Did you ever find a solution?

[Elias Küchle]

Unfortunately not yet, I actually just used it on Windows instead.

Answer 1

[drummer]

Did you try opening the terminal and typing:

matlab

if you still want to use your terminal after starting the matlab process, you can type

matlab &

sometimes creating shorticuts might be tricky.

[Elias Küchle]

Thanks! Unfortunately the terminal says command not found :D

[drummer]

oK, that's strange, since you told everything was installed accordingly.

So, one last thing I wonder you can do is:

go to your MATLAB installation folder through the terminal.

type

cd /usr/local/MATLAB/R2019b/bin

Once you're within such folder, type

./matlab

Cheers.

[Saifullah Khan Khalil]

I am experiencing the same issue.

@drummer during installatin process i changed the directory from usr/local to other place.

This might be the issue in my case?

Any suggestion?

Following picture shows view of files after complete installation of MATLAB.

OS: UBUNTU 18.04

[Saifullah Khan Khalil]

I am now able to open matlab after activating it and for this i used the following procedure

First i accessed the installation directory in terminal, in my case it was

cd Documents/bin

To lauch the activation client typed the following in terminal

sh activate_matlab.sh

Activated matlab by giving details.

Then opened matlab by applying command in terminal in installation directory

./matlab

[drummer]

You can try entering the folder you chose.

In the figure, just enter in the bin folder and try typing ./matlab

Do it in the terminal.

Answer 2

[Eric Fornstedt]

I just ran into the same issue, but I also found a solution.

It seems the download installation files I had did not contain the complete installation (which should have been obvious to me since it was only ~300MiB). Installing again using "Log in with a MathWorks Account" enabled me to select and download all products later on in the installation process.

[Elias Küchle]

Thanks for the answer! Unfortunately it seems I've already downloaded the correct one

Answer 3

[Pratyay Pande]

Hey Elias,

I understand that it has been a long time since the last input to your query. Have you tried installing the matlab-support package?

To do so, open a terminal and enter the command given in the line below. Before you proceed, make sure you know the correct path to your matlab installation since you will need to enter it later during installation of matlab-support.

sudo apt-get install matlab-support

After issuing this command, please follow the installation steps accordingly. For your convenience, a query similar to yours is also attached here.