Unable to run Matlab in EndeavourOS

Running a Linux OS

Trying to launch matlab using;

sudo matlab

And getting an error like this

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::runtime_error'
  what():  Failed to launch web window with error: Unable to launch the MATLABWindow application. The exit code was: 1
/usr/local/MATLAB/R2022b/bin/glnxa64/MathWorksProductAuthorizer.sh: line 14:  8570 Aborted                 (core dumped) $BINDIR/MathWorksProductAuthorizer $@

Answer 1

[Isaac]

I tried ,but failed.

But finally realized the problem, Java was not installed in my System.

Installed using,

yay -S jre jdk

Then, ran ```MathWorksProductAuthoriser```, (which I belive needs Java to work), set the user name to ```root```. Then reboot the system,and ran,

sudo prime-run matlab

Worked like a Charm.

P.S. the ```prime-run``` part is included because I needed to run Matlab on my NVIDIA dGPU and was using ```nvidia-prime``` driver. For optimus and bumblee, please refer archwiki.

Also, the reboot is optional.

@Varun Sai Alaparthi Thanks a lot for the timely reply.

Answer 2

[Varun Sai Alaparthi]

Hello Issac,

Please try running the following commands to resolve the issue

cd <matlab installer root directory>

cd /bin/glnxa64

ls | grep libfreetype

mkdir exclude

mv libfreetype.so.6 exclude/

mv libfreetype.so.6.16.0 exclude/

For more information, refer to the below link:

Matlab R2022a ArchLinux installer problem fix · GitHub

Answer 3

[Pedro]

Hey Guys, here is the full tutorial of how to get MATLAB working on EndevourOS/Arch:

Problem

MATLAB installer may fail on Arch Linux due to incompatible system GnuTLS version, resulting in errors or the installer not launching.

1. Download

• Download MATLAB (matlab_R2025b_Linux.zip)
• Download compatible GnuTLS:

https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/g/gnutls/gnutls-3.8.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

2. Extract MATLAB (IMPORTANT)

cd ~/Downloads

rm -rf matlab_R2025b_Linux

unzip -X -K matlab_R2025b_Linux.zip -d matlab_R2025b_Linux

3. Extract GnuTLS

mkdir -p ~/Downloads/gnutls-extracted

tar -xvf gnutls-3.8.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst -C ~/Downloads/gnutls-extracted

4. Copy required library

cp ~/Downloads/gnutls-extracted/usr/lib/libgnutls.so* ~/Downloads/matlab_R2025b_Linux/bin/glnxa64/

5. Run installer

cd ~/Downloads/matlab_R2025b_Linux

./install

Hope it works for you as it worked for me