On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Alive 4ever <alive4ever@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 06:34:39AM +0000, Foxtrot Mike via arch-general > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have MATLAB 8.6 (2015b). If I install MATLAB in the default directory > > (/usr/local/MATLAB), everything works fine. However, I want to install > > MATLAB on a different partition (/mnt/Software). I installed MATLAB on > > Software parition successfully, but when I try to run matlab, I get this > > error: > > > > ===================================================================== > > >pwd > > /mnt/Software/LinuxMatlab/installed/bin > > >./matlab > > expr: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > /bin/uname: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open > > shared object file: No such file or directory > > > > Sorry! We could not determine the machine architecture for your > > host. Please contact: > > > > MathWorks Technical Support > > > > for further assistance. > > > > trap: usage: trap [-lp] [[arg] signal_spec ...] > > ===================================================================== > > > > I think I need to link some libraries so that MATLAB can access them > > from the Software parition. I am not quite sure how to do it and which > > libraries do I need to symlink. Any help would be appreciated! > > Have you read ld.so(8) manpage? > > Try running the executable by explicitly specifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH > environment variable > > $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib ./matlab > also you can open ./matlab in text editor and look what it does (I think this is still true for 2015b ) other info on setting the PATH is [1] and [2] [1] http://de.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/94805-why-does-my-linux-hardware-opengl-not-work-properly#answer_104157 [2] https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Matlab/#Probleme-mit-OpenGL
