Matlab engine for python segfaults in matlab.eng​ine.start_​matlab() (Matlab R2014b, OS X)

I recently started experimenting with interfacing Python and Matlab. I need to use Anaconda Python distro. As mentioned in other answers, e.g. here , I use

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/anaconda/lib:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}

which allows me to import matlab.engine without segfaulting, but any time I try to run matlab.engine.matlab_start(), I get the usual "Segmentation fault 11" in libpython2.7.dylib. This is driving me a little crazy; is there a known solution for this?

[Nick Barry]

Same problem. Any luck solving this?

[Craig]

Exactly the same problem, running anaconda as well. I think it's something to do with dynamic linking - see https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!topic/anaconda/fUpqjkK5jEI

Did you solve this in the end or give up? Cheers, Craig

Answer 1

[Craig]

Any Luck with this? I think it's something to do with dynamic linking in anaconda that I don't understand.

Linking directly to the system lib seems to work for me, using Anaconda.

export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH

[Shourya Sonkar Roy Burman]

Thanks that really helped.

Answer 2

[Ryan]

Same issue; seems like not too much to ask that these features install properly