MATLAB Installation Guide for Unix

Solving CD-ROM Drive Problems

The MATLAB installation program expects that the CD-ROM drive is connected or properly mounted on the server. To diagnose a problem with a CD-ROM drive:

• Verify that the device is mounted correctly. See Mounting Your CD-ROM Drive for more information.
• Verify that the CD-ROM device file has the correct read and execute permissions using the UNIX command

• ls -l device
  

• where device is the device name for your CD-ROM drive. To change permissions, log in as superuser and run the UNIX command

  • chmod 555 device
    

• To display additional diagnostic messages, rerun the installation procedure for your platform specifying the -debug flag:

• install* -debug > debug.out (Sun, Compaq, IBM, SGI, and Linux 
  platforms)
  INSTALL* -debug > debug.out (HP platform)
  

Solving File Permission Problems

Problems Starting MATLAB