Why does my MATLAB 6.5 (R13) installation hang at 98% on Red Hat 9?

Date Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009

Solution ID:		1-1ARZF
Product:		MATLAB
Reported in Release:		R13
Fixed in Release:		R14
Platform:		Linux
Operating System:		Redhat Any

Subject:

Problem Description:

Why does my MATLAB 6.5 (R13) installation hang at 98% on Red Hat 9?

The installer fails on a clean Red Hat 9 Linux installation. (I have no other versions of Linux or MATLAB on my machine)

For each CD, the problem is the same: when the progress bar is almost at the end (around 98%), the installer freezes. Running 'top' shows the unix 'sort' command taking lots of processor time. If the script is interrupted (^C) at this point, the installer continues, and reports that the installation is complete.

However, it is clear that the installation is *not* complete, as MATLAB does not run. For example, the symbolic links in /usr/local/bin are not made.

Solution:

This bug has been fixed for Release 14 (R14). For previous releases, please read below for any possible workarounds:

This behavior is occuring because of a change to the LANG environment variable on Red hat 9 machines.

As a workaround, try temporarily setting the LANG environment variable to C prior to running the MATLAB installation process. You can set this environment variable by typing the following:


setenv LANG C

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