Matlab

Matlab is installed on s15 and on wombat. Fairly recent sources to install matlab on your desktop computer are usually located under s15.fluid.tuwien.ac.at/home/E322/Software/Matlab.

Installation under Linux / MacOS

Matlab can be installed by mounting the folder /home/E322/Software/Matlab/Linux/R202??/ to the local machine. 

sudo mkdir /mnt/s15
sudo mount.davfs "https://s15.fluid.tuwien.ac.at/E322/Software/Matlab/Linux/R2024b" /mnt/s15
# you will be asked for username and password on s15

Alternatively, copy the entire Direct_Install folder or the archive lux.tar and the files Read_TU.txt, network.lic and installer_input.txt to your local machine.

Two informations are necessary for installation,

Navigate to the Direct_Install folder and, if a graphical user interface is available, execute ./install.
You will be asked for your choices. Usually, the matlab files will be installed below /usr/share/MATLAB/R20??/. At the end of the installation, the symbolic links deploytool matlab mbuild mcc and mex will be created in /usr/local/bin. The symbolic link mcc may belong to matlab or to mathematica. By default, all toolboxes and the entire Simulink program is installed. To save space, unselect unneeded components.

Alternatively, for a silent installation or a graphical user interface is not available, copy the file Direct_Install/installer_input.txt to a location of your choice and edit it appropriately. An example is given on s15 in /usr/local/share/MATLAB/R2024b/installer_input.txt. Symbolic links to the binaries in /usr/local/share/MATLAB/R20??/bin/ must be created manually.

Installation on s15

# choose the location to install matlab to
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/matlab/R2024b

# create an installer file
mkdir /tmp/m
cd /home/E322/Software/Matlab/Linux/R2024b
# embed the file installation key given in Read_TU.txt
key=`sed -n '/֎ / { s///; p; }' Read_TU.txt`
sed "/^# fileInstallationKey/ { s/^# //; s/$/$key/; }"  \
        Direct_Install/installer_input.txt >/tmp/m/installer_input.txt
cd /tmp/m
# check differences to the previous installation, adapt installation path, choose toolboxes
vimdiff /usr/local/share/MATLAB/R2022a/installer_input.txt installer_input.txt

# Install, as root
su -
/home/E322/Software/Matlab/Linux/R2024b/Direct_Install/install -inputfile installer_input.txt
mv -i installer_input.txt /usr/local/share/MATLAB/R2024b/

# Add links to binaries
cd /usr/local/bin
# move out old binaries, log whether they are used
for f in deploytool matlab mcc mex
    do mv -i $f /usr/local/libexec/22$f
    ln -s ../libexec/count 22$f
done
# add links to new binaries
for f in deploytool matlab mcc mex
    do ln -s /usr/local/share/MATLAB/R2024b/bin/$f .
done

# clean up.
rm -r /tmp/mathworks_*
exit

Deinstallation

Remove the installation directory, e.g, /usr/local/share/MATLAB/R20?? and the symbolic links deploytool matlab mbuild mcc and mex in /usr/local/bin.