NOTES:

• MATLAB installation requires typically hard drive space of 4000 to 6000MB
• Supported Systems: Ubunto 14.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS and 18.4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 and above and 7.3 and above, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop15 and 12 (sp2 and above), Debian 8.x
• , 9.x
• 32 bit systems are not supported

• File Installation Key (FIK) and mathlic.dat files are compressed together with two iso installation files.

• The network license installation is free of charge but requires your computer to be connected to the huji network

Step 1

Download installation file R2018b_glnxa64.iso and mount it

 

Step 2

• Open a Terminal.
• Enter the following commands:
  • sudo mkdir /opt/matlab
  • sudo cp /media/user
  • /matlab2018_lnx/mathlic.dat /opt/matlab where user is your linux username

Step 3

 

• Mount file R2018b_glnxa64_dvd1.iso.
• From the terminal you opened in step 2.
  Enter the the following command:
  • sudo /media/user/MATHWORKS_R2018B/install where user is your linux username

Step 4

 

• Mark Use a File Installation Key.


• Click Next

Step 5

• Mark Yes


• Click Next

Step 6

• Mark I have the File Installation Key for my license.


• Insert the file installation key number found in the iso file you mounted
• Click Next

Step 7

• Enter the installation folder. It should be /opt/matlab .
   
• Click Next

Step 8

• Choose products you wish to install.
• Click Next

Step 9

• Enter the path of the license file, either manually or by clicking Browse.
   
• Click Next

Step 10

• Mark Create symobolic links to MATLAB scripts In:.
• Enter the path  /usr/local/bin
• Click Next

Step 11

Click Install

Step 12

• In the middle of your installation you will receive a message to eject dvd1.


• Unmount MATHWORKS_R2018b


• Mount file R2018b_glnxa64_dvd2.iso from the iso file that you downloaded.


• Click OK

Step 13

Click Next

Step 14

Click Finish

Step 15

Launch MATLAB by typing matlab in a terminal window