Installing Matlab 6.5 with Gentoo

Frederik · 05-07-2004, 07:50 AM

Hi!
I got my gentoo running nice and smooth.. but just now I discovered I am unable to install Matlab 6.5 which I will need in the not so distant future...
The problem seems to be some binary which I cannot execute - I tested everything below as root as well.

cd /mnt/data/matlab
./install
Starting installer ...
-------------------------------------------------------------------

An error status was returned by the program 'xsetup',
the X Window System version of 'install'. The following
messages were written to standard error:

./install: line 90: /mnt/trauer/matlab6.5linux/matlab/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: Permission denied

Attempt to fix the problem and try again. If X is not available
or 'xsetup' cannot be made to work then try the terminal
version of 'install' using the command:

install* -t or INSTALL* -t

-------------------------------------------------------------------

Sorry! Setup aborted . . .

When trying the text-mode installer I get the same error...
(./install -t)
It asks me to accept the license, after that I get:
./install: line 83: /mnt/trauer/matlab6.5linux/matlab/update/bin/glnx86/tsetup: Permission denied

Thanks in advance

Frederik

ben_ch · 05-08-2004, 11:31 AM

are you doing this as root?

Code:

$ su
<password>
# cd whatever
#./install

Frederik · 05-08-2004, 12:30 PM

like I said in the first lines... same results when being root.

Still no clue whatsoever...

And I also enabled "xhost +" just in case.

It worked with a suse 8.1 - so I guess it's some gentoo thingy (?)

Thanks anyway...

guest · 05-20-2004, 01:50 PM

I looks like it is unable to execute the file from the CD.

Maybe you mounted the cdrom with no-execute priviledges. Make sure the CD is mounted correctly. (man mount)

--Pete

Frederik · 05-20-2004, 06:17 PM

Yes - it was something like that. I got it solved anyway - sorry - forgot to post.
I think I mounted the cd as the wrong user - it worked sometime.
Thanks for your help

Frederik