Installing Matlab

Sat Mar 2 09:31:22 UTC 2013

On 01-03-2013 23:55, Vijay Kaul wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Tijl Coosemans <tijl at coosemans.org> wrote:
>> On 01-03-2013 22:35, Vijay Kaul wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 3:27 PM, Tijl Coosemans <tijl at coosemans.org> wrote:
>>>> On 01-03-2013 21:07, Vijay Kaul wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Tijl Coosemans <tijl at coosemans.org> wrote:
>>>>>> On 15-02-2013 10:36, Tijl Coosemans wrote:
>>>>>>> On 14-02-2013 22:42, Vijay Kaul wrote:
>>>>>>>> I was wondering if anyone has had any recent (or not-so-recent)
>>>>>>>> experience installing Matlab on FreeBSD/PC-BSD? (Yes, I know about
>>>>>>>> octave.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I'm not entirely new to *nix, but I'm novice enough that I can't seem
>>>>>>>> to get this to work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Perhaps the shortest and simplest solution would be if Mathworks own
>>>>>>>> installer would function, but that runs as a Java Web Start
>>>>>>>> application, and I can't seem to get that working in Opera, Firefox,
>>>>>>>> or Konqueror.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  The automatic rout having failed, I've downloaded the files manually,
>>>>>>>> and I've tried to run the install script; however, it's failed as
>>>>>>>> well. I found this site:
>>>>>>>> <http://matrossi.blogspot.com/2011/08/installing-matlab-2011a-on-freebsd.html>,
>>>>>>>> which claims installation instructions for PC-BSD8.2 boiling down to:
>>>>>>>> open up the shell scripts and take /bin/sh --> /compat/linux/bin/sh.
>>>>>>>> Well, that seems to help a bit, but it also fails because the install
>>>>>>>> script determines my architecture to be x68, while the downloads are
>>>>>>>> for (what they call) a64. (My system is indeed a 64-bit system.
>>>>>>>> Perhaps the above instructions were for an x86 system.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I feel like if I could modify the install script sufficiently, the
>>>>>>>> install would work. My bash scripting is weak, though, and I worry
>>>>>>>> about screwing up my system and/or the installation. There are only a
>>>>>>>> few functions in there that are looking for architecture type, usually
>>>>>>>> with the output from uname. I think fixing those would work...?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Could anyone help me get past this point?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Thanks in advance! And please, if there's any info I can provide that
>>>>>>>> would be helpful, please just let me know.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Output of uname -a:
>>>>>>>>  FreeBSD pcbsd-8517 9.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #2: Tue Nov 27
>>>>>>>> 03:45:16 UTC 2012
>>>>>>>> root at darkstar:/usr/obj/pcbsd-build90/fbsd-source/9.1/sys/GENERIC amd64
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  The install script in question: <http://pastebin.com/QkEH1vkF>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try creating this link:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ln -s ../usr/bin/expr /compat/linux/bin/expr
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Without this link Linux scripts run the FreeBSD expr which isn't fully
>>>>>>> compatible.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And also, the Linux compatibility layer is 32bit so you need the x86
>>>>>> version of Matlab.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Oh, I didn't realize that Linux on FBSD was 32 bit. Thanks for
>>>>> pointing that out. BTW, mathworks has stopped releasing new 32-bit
>>>>> versions of matlab for linux, but you can still get R2012a for 32-bit
>>>>> linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding the linking advice.... I have a /bin/expr and
>>>>> /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr. My naivety is showing, but if I did
>>>>>
>>>>> ~> ln -s /usr/bin/expr /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr
>>>>
>>>> That's not the same command as above.
>>>
>>> You're right. I didn't understand at first, but I think the command
>>> you suggested assumed that the working directory was
>>> /compat/linux/bin.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> don't I also need to edit my path so that the script would find my
>>>>> link before finding the built-in FBSD command? Currently, my path
>>>>> begins: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:
>>>>> .... So I think the script would still use '/bin/expr'.
>>>>
>>>> Under Linux compat the order becomes:
>>>>
>>>> 1: /compat/linux/sbin/expr
>>>> 2: /sbin/expr
>>>> 3: /compat/linux/bin/expr       <- You need to create this as a link to 7
>>>> 4: /bin/expr                    <- FreeBSD expr
>>>> 5: /compat/linux/usr/sbin/expr
>>>> 6: /usr/sbin/expr
>>>> 7: /compat/linux/usr/bin/expr   <- Linux expr
>>>> 8: /usr/bin/expr
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> I don't have #s 1, 2, 5, 6, or 8. I have created 3 as a link to 7.
>>> (And, of course, still have 4.)
>>> This does, indeed, clear up any errors from expr! Thanks!!
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> The next issue is the java errors given. A brief linux install guide I
>>> was given instructed:
>>>
>>> ... (2) install Sun/Oracle java and plugin (32-bit) and you may
>>> actually need to use one or two versions back from the current version
>>> (depending on what's in the repositories anyway)
>>>
>>> I have, currently, installed the "OpenJDK b27" PBI (recall I'm really
>>> on PC-BSD).
>>>
>>> Any tips or suggestions on where to find and how to install Oracle's
>>> Java? Why might I need an older version of Java? (Maybe they mean
>>> going back to JRE 6?) How would I know? (I ask about where to get
>>> Java, since Oracle claims only to support "linux", and the handbook
>>> doesn't seem to have a section on it. I'm wondering if there's a right
>>> and wrong way to go here.)
>>>
>>> The Java exceptions I see are at <http://pastebin.com/GJCnEXfR>.
>>
>> I suspect the installer already contains java, so you don't have to
>> install anything.
> 
> Yes, the installer *does* in fact seem to contain a jre of its own, a
> point I had been confused about.
> 
>> The Linux version of java requires linprocfs though
>> so make sure you have the following line in /etc/fstab:
>>
>> linprocfs   /compat/linux/proc  linprocfs       rw      0       0
>>
>> Then mount linprocfs using: mount /compat/linux/proc
> 
> I do have linprocfs in my fstab, and that seemed to work. Should I set
> this command somewhere so that it executes on boot?
> 
>> The Java exception is caused by a link error though. Can you send the
>> output of:
>>
>> objdump -p /tmp/mathworks_22112/bin/glnx86/libinstutil.so
>>
> 
> Actually, no, I can't. It seems that the install script is not
> actually even getting to a point where it creates anything in the /tmp
> directory. I was thinking it might be cleaning up after itself, but
> no, the directory doesn't get touched. (At least, if I 'touch
> empty_file' or 'mkdir empty_dir' in /tmp, the timestamp on the
> directory (from 'ls -al') is modified. Running the installer script
> does not update the last modified timestamp on /tmp.)
> 
> On the other hand, if I run "sudo ./install -test -v" (the 'test' flag
> suppresses execution of the java command, and the 'v' is for verbose)
> I get the following output:
> 
> ***
> Preparing installation files ...
> ->  DVD                 = /usr/home/vijay/Downloads/matlab_x86
> ->  ARCH                = glnx86
> ->  DISPLAY             = :0
> ->  TESTONLY            = 1
> ->  JRE_LOC             = /tmp/mathworks_35348/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre
> ->  LD_LIBRARY_PATH     = /tmp/mathworks_35348/bin/glnx86
> 
> Command to run:
> /tmp/mathworks_35348/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/bin/java
> -splash:"/usr/home/vijay/Downloads/matlab_x86/java/splash.png"
> -Djava.ext.dirs=/tmp/mathworks_35348/sys/java/jre/glnx86/jre/lib/ext:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jar:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jarext:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jarext/axis2/:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jarext/guice/:/tmp/mathworks_35348/java/jarext/webservices/
> com/mathworks/professionalinstaller/Launcher -root
> "/usr/home/vijay/Downloads/matlab_x86" -tmpdir "/tmp/mathworks_35348"
> 
> Finished
> ***
> 
> I *do* get to see that splash image when I run the script, so somehow,
> java is running. (Or something else is throwing up a spash screen?)
> 
> Any thoughts on a next step?

Maybe it uses /compat/linux/tmp?

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