Can matlab student be ran on a server?

I have matlab student and want to put it on a server for a class project. Can I do that with the normal matlab student version? I already created a digital ocean ubuntu server.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

• You can transfer your MATLAB Student license to any system that you own or lease, but not to cloud services. You have a limited number of license transfers per year, only 3 or 4, and transfering back to your original equipment would count as one of those.
• You cannot permit anyone else to use your MATLAB license.
• I think you can access a Student license on Linux through X Windows, but I am not certain.
• You cannot serve network connections for anyone other than yourself.

For example if you normally used your Student license on your PC, but you transfered it to a laptop (that happened to be running Linux) to demonstrate your program in class or to your professor or TA, then that would be fine -- but only you can have access to it.

[sean ale]

Yes, that is what i plan to do, have it on a server for a project to show my professor.

I tried to follow this tutorial but I get an error when i do the sudo ./install command any tips?

https://medium.com/@ananyaagrawal125/install-matlab-on-ubuntu-18-04-b4403b489b4d

[Walter Roberson]

It says

sudo ./install

Not

sudo ./index

[sean ale]

I totally meant to write install. sorry. Let me copy and paste the error message.... 1 sec.

[sean ale]

if i just type ./install i get this

-bash: ./install: Permission denied

and if i type sudo ./install i get this

sudo: ./install: command not found

[sean ale]

I get a different error if i unzip matlab on the server itself before trying to install.

i type sudo ./install and get

terminate called after throwing an instance of '(anonymous namespace)::DisplayError'

what(): No display available.

Aborted

and now if i just type in ./install instead of sudo ./install I get the same error

terminate called after throwing an instance of '(anonymous namespace)::DisplayError'

what(): No display available.

Aborted (core dumped)

it wont let me run the install file on the server, whether i downloaded and unzipped on the server itself, or unzipped on my computer and loaded the unzip files on the server

[Walter Roberson]

When you unzipped before transferring to the server, probably the execute bit did not get set. Unzipping on the server was the correct thing to do.

I will need to investigate the new message.

[Walter Roberson]

How are you accessing the server? The install program is expecting that the DISPLAY environment variable indicates a valid X display such as if you were at a console with the window system launched or such as if you had ssh'd in with the -x option of ssh.

You might need to do a command line installation; look for instructions about silent installation. However if you are driven to that, remember that if you can't get a graphics system now, then you will not be able to get a graphics system to run matlab desktop.

[sean ale]

I accessed server with putty using cmd line installation. thank you for your prompt reply

[sean ale]

Do you have any links to a good silent installation tutorial?

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/98137-how-do-i-use-the-silent-installer-for-matlab

[sean ale]

So i have completed the steps, and tried to run the install, but it doesn't work and I don't even get an error, so I am confused. Ideas?

[sean ale]

[sean ale]

ok so i found the log files and here is what is going on: it cant find installation files for some reason?

(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:34) Reading from /home/sean/test/archives
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:34) Starting local product/component search in download directory
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:34) Searching for archives...
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:34) Reading /home/sean/test/archives
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:34) 2 files found in /home/sean/test/archives
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:34) Archive search complete.  2 total files found.
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:35) Finished reading from/home/sean/test/archives
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:35) Completed local product/component search
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:35) Missing Installation Files: Unable to locate the required files.

To use a File Installation Key, you must run the installer from a directory that contains the installation files.

For information on how to get the files, see this MATLAB Answer.
	at com.mathworks.install_core_common.MATLABInstallerExceptionUtil.getApplicationException(MATLABInstallerExceptionUtil.java:16)
	at com.mathworks.matlab_installer.services.MatlabInstallerServices.checkArchives(Unknown Source)
	at com.mathworks.installservicehandler.context.ExceptionInterceptor.invoke(ExceptionInterceptor.java:21)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at com.mathworks.installservicehandler.JsonPassThroughResponseWrapper.getData(JsonPassThroughResponseWrapper.java:24)
	at com.mathworks.installservicehandler.JsonPassThroughResponseWrapper.getData(JsonPassThroughResponseWrapper.java:10)
	at com.mathworks.installservicehandler.InstallServiceHandlerClient.executeService(InstallServiceHandlerClient.java:18)
	at com.mathworks.matlab_installer.MatlabInstallerClient$3.executeService(Unknown Source)
	at com.mathworks.installjscommon.InstallerClientUtility.executeGetNextStateInSequence(Unknown Source)
	at com.mathworks.matlab_installer.MatlabInstallerClient.clientMain(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.Exception: Installer Error: Unable to locate required installation files
	... 13 more

(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:35) Exiting with status -2
(Mar 24, 2020 07:24:35) End - Unsuccessful

[Walter Roberson]

What files are in /home/sean/test/archives ?

[sean ale]

A folder named common and a folder named glnxa64. They appeared there when i unzipped the installation file.