When I try to instal matlab on a linux machine I get the folllowing error : "Error creating and setting up the model" What it means? What to do?

When I try to instal matlab on a linux machine I get the folllowing error : "Error creating and setting up the model" What it means? What to do?

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1810375-trying-to-install-and-getting-the-following-message-error-creating-and-setting-up-the-model-n-getr#answer_1303726

and another post which is basically saying the same thing for an unsupported Ubuntu