need help installing matlab 2008a
 

Hey um trying to install matlab for unix 2008a without any success.. I realy need help in this regard.. When I mount the ISO image and open the matlab directory and run 'install &' or './install' .. It gives an error like

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

/mnt/ISO/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

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
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after that if I use 'install -t' after agreeing to the license agreement it gives an error like this one..

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/mnt/ISO/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
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I went to matlab site for troubleshooting information they said disabling the selinux will resolve the problem but it didn't .. BTW I ran all the commands as root...

Can anyone please help me around

Thanx

I seem to recall having a similar problem, do you have any version of the libXp file in /usr/lib?

I created a symbolic link from /usb/lib/libXp.so.6.2.0 by typing
ln -s /usr/lib/libXp.6.2.0 /usr/lib/libXp.6

I may have had to install the libXp package first.

nope i don't think there is... these are the only files close to lib XP

libXpm.so
libXpm.so.4
libXpm.so.4.11.0


there is no libXp.so.6...
so how can i install this file??

Which system are you running on? You have to install the relevant package for your distribution. It may have different names on different distros.

well um running fedora 8..

You can use the package manager and look for libXp. On my system running fedora 8 I have libXp-1.0.0-8.fc8 (and Matlab successfully installed).

thanx alot... I got the installer working but now after I install matlab and the setup is complete.. when it says click continue to install license manager and i click continue.. nothing happens and it just closes.. can u tel me a way to install license manager manually.. also i read the documentation of matlab and it tells how to run license manager manually. it tells bout an /etc directory in matlab root.. I checked the matlab root and there was no directory by that name..

Which option you used to install Matlab 2008a. If you installed for x86_64,but your architecture is x86,this problem can happen. Mine was x86.I tried to install for x86_64 and setup quit without proceeding to activation.

MATLAB 2008a installation
 

i installed matlab 2008a for linux x86.But when i executed the matlab. it shows the message " The executable corresponding to your architecture could not be found $MATLABROOT/bin/matlab"
my system is i686.It runs MANDRIVA i586.Please help.