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Why does MATLAB give xsetup errors during installation on Linux?


Date Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009
Solution ID:   1-1IMUEB
Product:   MATLAB
Reported in Release:   R14
Platform:   Linux
Operating System:   Linux Any
 

Subject:

Why does MATLAB give xsetup errors during installation on Linux?

Problem Description:

I am running an installation on a Linux machine without the xserver binaries/libraries and receive an xsetup error, even during a text install (-t).

The error message is similar to "error while loading shared libraries: libXt.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

Solution:

Although it is not required to have XServer be running on the machine, our installer relies on XServer libraries located in /etc/X11/lib (or /etc/X11/lib64). Once XServer is installed, the installer should run without giving this error.

 

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