We don t want to always open the terminal and run the above command each time we want to open matlab.
How to open matlab in linux.
To start matlab on linux platforms type matlab at the operating system prompt.
Final load library path.
I just downloaded matlab 2017b while there is the 2017a version on my computer version i do not own the licence.
Instead we simply want to run matlab using an icon in the applications menu.
To see the folder type matlabroot.
To open matlab type on the console matlab.
Run the following command.
I hope you found this article useful to getting started with matlab.
Sadly matlab doesn t create one for us automatically after the installation like it should have done so we ll need to create the launcher manually.
Matlabroot is the name of the folder in which you installed matlab.
Finally matlab is installed and ready to use.
Linux by default the matlab installer will create a symbolic link in usr local bin.
I don t want to have to open a terminal window every time i want to launch matlab on linux.
The command i gave was.
Pwd to show current working directory.
The command will launch matlab which will ask for e mail address and password.
Linux is case sensitive type all commands exactly as written.
Otherwise the value in the environment is used.
The value of xdisplay passed with the display argument to the script is used.
Note matlab does not recommend to be used as root unless necessary.
Cd to change directory.
Press ctrl alt t to open a terminal window type cd downloads then enter.
Download the linux installer file and the standalone edition license file to your downloads directory.
Navigate to the directory you want to use as matlab working directory the directory where your scripts are stored.
Host name of the x window display matlab uses for output.
By default the commande matlab on the terminal try to open the 2017a version and failed even after i did what you said.
The final value is normally a colon separated list of four sublists each of which could be empty.
You can also do this after matlab was started by running the same commands as we had in linux.
If you did not set up symbolic links in the installation procedure then type matlabroot bin matlab.
I tried to make a gnome launcher but it does not seem to work.
After starting matlab the desktop opens.