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#1 2018-02-04 10:53:23
- Airon90
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Cannot install MATLAB with sudo
Hi, I have a little problem. As the wiki says, you can run the script as root to install MATLAB system-wide. However, when I run the script with sudo nothing happens.
[airon@aironpc matlab_R2017b_glnxa64]$ sudo ./install
Preparing installation files ...
Installing ...
FinishedIf I run it without sudo, the installer's window appears. Is it a MATLAB bug or am I missing some library as I just formatted my laptop?
Thank you very much!
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#2 2018-02-04 11:19:52
- seth
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Re: Cannot install MATLAB with sudo
No, it says "as root" - naive sudo will not allow you to run X11 processes as root and you frankly should not anyway.
Any reason you're not using the AUR package?
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#3 2018-02-04 12:20:35
- Airon90
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Re: Cannot install MATLAB with sudo
No, it says "as root" - naive sudo will not allow you to run X11 processes as root and you frankly should not anyway.
Thank you for the answer. I'm pretty sure that I run sudo ./install and it installed MATLAB in /usr/local/bin/ without problem.
Any reason you're not using the AUR package?
No, I always just run the official installer on my own and it installed MATLAB without any problem. I will give it a try.
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#4 2018-02-04 14:09:47
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Re: Cannot install MATLAB with sudo
pretty sure that I run sudo ./install and it installed MATLAB in /usr/local/bin/ without problem
In what context (previous version, other distro, ...) and did that include
the installer's window appears
?
The problem with sudo'ing the installer is the GUI part which will cross xauthority protections.
There're ways to subvert that (by either setting the proper environment in the sudo context and/or opening the X11 server w/ xhost - which is no good idea) but eg. just a naive "sudo xterm" will not work.
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