Thread Subject: how to set environment variable when running Matlab from Finder on Mac?

I start Matlab from the Finder on a Mac, not from a terminal shell. I need to have an environment variable set because of a bug that makes my R2007 Matlab not work with the new Java. What I need is

setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries"

   after which it works fine, if I start it from the Terminal. But I don't want to have to go to the terminal to start it - I want to start it from an icon in the Finder. Where can I place this setenv so that it gets executed as the Matlab starts up?

thanks,

Mike

In article <j4n080$nha$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>,
 "Michael Levin" <mlevin@forsyth.org> wrote:

> I start Matlab from the Finder on a Mac, not from a terminal shell. I need to
> have an environment variable set because of a bug that makes my R2007 Matlab
> not work with the new Java. What I need is
>
> setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
> "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries"
>
> after which it works fine, if I start it from the Terminal. But I don't
> want to have to go to the terminal to start it - I want to start it from
> an icon in the Finder. Where can I place this setenv so that it gets
> executed as the Matlab starts up?


One solution is to use Automator to both run a shell script and then
also start Matlab. For more info, do a search on:

   automator run shell script

Cheers,

Ken Prager

Hi Mike,

To resolve this incompatibility with the recent Java update, please edit
the hidden file, /Applications/MATLAB_R2007a/bin/.matlabrc.sh.

That file is used by both the Finder (double-click) and by the matlab
shell script (command line), and will keep you from changing shell
environment files that may affect other applications, or other, more
hokey solutions.

More detailed instructions can be found here and here:

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http://www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/en/data/1-F37IJB/?solution=1-F37IJB
 >

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http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/11086-matlab-closing-automatically-when-plotting-data-or-opening-an-existing-saved-figure
 >

- Brian


On 9/13/11 3:20 AM, Michael Levin wrote:
> I start Matlab from the Finder on a Mac, not from a terminal shell. I
> need to have an environment variable set because of a bug that makes my
> R2007 Matlab not work with the new Java. What I need is
>
> setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
> "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Libraries"
>
> after which it works fine, if I start it from the Terminal. But I don't
> want to have to go to the terminal to start it - I want to start it from
> an icon in the Finder. Where can I place this setenv so that it gets
> executed as the Matlab starts up?
>
> thanks,
>
> Mike