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Before you run the installer:
Make sure you have your e-mail address and your MathWorks Account password handy. You will need them to log in to your account during installation. If you have multiple licenses associated with your account, know the number of the license you want to install.
If you don't have a MathWorks Account, you can create one during installation. However, you must have an Activation Key. An Activation Key is the unique code that identifies a license. It is used to activate the license. The Activation Key also allows licensed end users to associate their MathWorks Account with a license. Ask the administrator of the license for the Activation Key.
Exit any existing copies of MATLAB® software you have running.
Log in to an account with administrator privileges.
Consider disabling virus-checking software and Internet security applications on your system for the duration of the installation process. These applications can slow down the installation process or cause it to appear unresponsive (or to hang).
If you do not have an Internet connection during installation, see Installing and Activating Without an Internet Connection.
If you need to perform a network server or client installation, see Network Installation Procedure.
If you are upgrading your MATLAB installation to the latest release, The MathWorks recommends that you install the new version in a new installation folder. This is recommended when upgrading an installation of a prerelease version of the software as well. You do not need to delete an existing MATLAB installation before installing this release. Each release is independent of previous releases and you can run multiple releases on the same system.
Note If you choose to overwrite an existing installation from a prior release, the installer deletes all the products in your installation folder and installs only those products included in your current license. This avoids potential product incompatibilities. For example, if your existing installation includes 10 products, but your current license only includes 9 of those products, your MATLAB installation only includes the 9 products in your current license. |
Insert the DVD into the DVD drive connected to your system or double-click the installer file you downloaded from the MathWorks Web site. The installer should start automatically.
If you are connected to the Internet, the easiest way to install is by selecting the Install automatically using the Internet option. During installation, you log in to your MathWorks Account, select the license you want to install, and follow the prompts on the other installer dialog boxes. Choose to install manually if you do not have an Internet connection.
Click Next to proceed with the installation.
If your Internet connection requires a proxy server, click the Connection Settings button. You can enter the server name, port, and password in the Connection Settings dialog box. The MathWorks supports several types of proxy configurations: Basic authentication, Digest authentication, and NTLM authentication.
If you are not connected to the Internet during installation, see Installing and Activating Without an Internet Connection.
Review the software license agreement and, if you agree with the terms, select Yes and click Next.
After the installation is complete, you can view or print the license agreement using the file license.txt located in the top-level installation folder.
Enter the e-mail address and password of your MathWorks Account and click Next. If you do not have a MathWorks Account, select the I need to create a MathWorks Account option and click Next.
Enter your e-mail address, first name, last name, and Activation Key. To create an account, you must provide an Activation Key. A newly created account will not have any licenses associated with it. The Activation Key identifies the license you want to install. The administrator contact on the license can retrieve the key by visiting the License Center at the MathWorks Web site. Click Next to create your account.
Because the Activation Key you entered specifies a particular license, the installer skips the license selection step.
Select a license from the list of licenses associated with your MathWorks Account and click Next. The list contains the following information about the licenses:
License number.
An optional descriptive text label that can help identify the license. To label a license, go to the License Center at the MathWorks Web site. See the License Center Help for instructions.
Information identifying the license option and the activation type. If an activation type has not yet been set on the license, the word "Unset" appears.
If you want to install products on a license that is not associated with your MathWorks Account, select the Enter an Activation Key for a license not listed option, enter an Activation Key, and click Next.
An Activation Key is the unique code that identifies a license. It can be used to activate a license and also allows licensed end users to associate their MathWorks Account with a license. Ask the administrator of the license for the Activation Key.
If there are no licenses associated with your account, or if permission to activate is disabled on the license you selected, you might see the Activation Key dialog box. Enter an Activation Key and click Next. Ask the administrator contact on the license for the Activation Key.
In the Installation Type dialog box, specify whether you want to perform a Typical or Custom installation and click Next.
Choose Typical if you have an Individual or Group license and do not need to specify which products you want to install and do not need to access any installation options.
Choose Custom if you need to specify which products to install, need access to installation options, or need to install the license manager (network license options only).
Specify the name of the folder where you want to install MathWorks products. You can accept the default installation folder or specify the name of a different installation folder. If the folder doesn't exist, the installer creates it.
When specifying a folder name, do not specify a name that contains the @ sign, an exclamation point (!), the percent character (%), the plus sign (+), or the dollar sign character ($). The full path of the installation folder must not include a folder named private. If you make a mistake while entering a folder name and want to start over using the default folder name, click Restore Default Folder. To continue with the installation, click Next.
If you chose a Typical installation, the installer skips the product selection and installation options steps.
If you are performing a custom installation, you can specify which products you want to install in the Product Selection dialog box. This dialog box lists all the products associated with the license you selected or with the Activation Key you specified. In the dialog box, all the products are preselected for installation. If you do not want to install a particular product, clear the check box next to its name.
After selecting the products you want to install, click Next to continue with the installation. After clicking Next, you might receive a message telling you that one or more of the products you selected depend on other products. Consider adjusting your product selection.
If you asked the installer to determine if newer versions of your products are available at the MathWorks Web site, the installer displays both versions in the product list. By default, the latest version is preselected for installation. When there are product updates available, the Product Selection dialog box includes a column, called Source, that identifies whether the product will be installed from the DVD or must be downloaded. For product downloads, the Source column includes information about the size of the download file. The dialog box also includes information about the total download size for all the products you select.
If you do not want to download any product updates, click Select local versions only. This clears the selection of all the product downloads in the product list. If you want to install only the latest versions of all products, click Select newest versions.
After selecting the products you want to install, click Next to continue with the installation.
For Custom installations, you can specify several installation options, including:
Setting the permissions of all installed files to read only.
Determining whether the installer puts shortcuts for MATLAB software in the Start menu and on the desktop.
Specifying which files the operating system associates with MATLAB, based on their file extension. For example, if you associate files with the .m file extension with MATLAB, the operating system identifies the type of these files as MATLAB M-file.
After selecting installation options, click Next to proceed with the installation.
Before it begins copying files to your hard disk, the installer displays a summary of your installation choices. To change a setting, click Back. To proceed with the installation, click Install.
As it copies files to your hard drive, the installer displays a status dialog box to show the progress of the installation.
Depending upon which products you install, the installer might display a dialog box containing several types of information:
Product configuration information — Certain products require additional configuration. If you installed one of these products, the installer lists the configuration commands in this dialog box. You can copy this command to your system clipboard for use after the installation is completed.
Available product updates — If your license identifies products that are not on the DVD, and you are not currently connected to the Internet or you chose not to download product updates, the installer lists these products in this dialog box. After installation is complete, you can go to the MathWorks Web site to download these products.
Click Next to proceed with the installation.
When the installation successfully completes, the installer displays the Installation Complete dialog box. In this dialog box, you can choose to activate the software you just installed. You cannot use the software you installed until you activate it. The MathWorks recommends activating immediately after installation. If you logged in to your MathWorks Account during installation, your log-in session continues into the activation process. Click Next to proceed with activation.
If you choose to exit the installer without performing activation, clear the Activate MATLAB option and click Finish (the button label changes). You can activate later using the activation application.
For step-by-step instructions on the activation process, see Activating an Installation.
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