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doblerone

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Registered: 2011-12-08

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[SOLVED] problem installing Matlab

Following the wiki's instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Matlab
I got an error:

[david@myhost ~]$ sudo modprobe loop
[david@myhost ~]$ sudo mount -o loop ml2011au.iso /media/iso/

I can follow the instalation assistant until the step to choose the instalation folder, by default: /usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a.

The assistant throws the following error, "Unable to create the destination folder /usr/local/MATLAB/R2011a/.  Please choose another destination folder"

And I can't continue with the installation.

My user (david) hasn't privileges to create folders in /usr/local (I check it going to the folder), so I suppose that will be the reason for the installation failed.

Instead, if I choose /home/my_user/ as installation folder, I can continue with the installation.

[SOLVED]Finally, I installed it in /home/my_user and is already running

Last edited by doblerone (2012-01-03 18:01:35)