Does the OS of the machine I compile on need to match the OS of the machine I intend to run on?

If I use MATLAB Compiler to compile MATLAB code, does the OS I target have to be the same as the one I compiled on?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

A compiled MATLAB binary can only be run on machines which match the architecture of the machine that originally compiled the binary. However, the specific version doesn't matter as long as that version is supported by MATLAB. For example, if you compile on 64-bit Windows 7, you can run the deployed binary on Windows 10, but not on 32-bit Windows 7, MacOS, or Linux.

Note that MATLAB Compiler Runtime must be installed to run a compiled MATLAB binary. The version of MCR must match the release of MATLAB that compiled the binary. For MATLAB R2012a and later, this can be downloaded here:

https://www.mathworks.com/products/compiler/matlab-runtime.html

For more information on MATLAB system requirements and supported platforms, see the MATLAB system requirements archive:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/requirements/previous-releases.html