Why do I get the error message that says:" Error installing third party software MinGW 4.9.2 Core: java.util.​zip.ZipExc​eption: archive is not a ZIP archive"

Whenever I try installing MinGW 4.9.2, I get the error message that says "Error installing third party software MinGW 4.9.2 Core: java.util.zip.ZipException: archive is not a ZIP archive" I want to install MinGW-w64 C/C++ compiler so that I can be able to use/run my generated code since when I type mex -setup, Matlab tells me I need the compiler. I tried doing the installation from TDM-GCC using the Addons Menu. I am using Matlab 2015b.

Note: Someone had similar problem in 2011 and Matlab support team give this answer below which the person accepted as best answer: "This error can occur when there is not enough space in the /tmp directory to contain the product archive during extraction. Increasing the space available within the /tmp directory will resolve this error." If this is the solution, how do I increase space in the /tmp directory? Please help. Thanks.

[Yatin]

Please refer to the following link for your issue:

MinGW FAQ

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

In MATLAB,

disp(tempdir)
cd(tempdir)
ls

and start deleting the files there, if any.

The temp directory is probably on your C drive, so you might need to free up space on your drive. I recently have begun to use the open source project WinDirStat to check where my Windows disk space is used up. I found that a lot of my space was being used up by the Windows Side-By-Side directory; cleaning information for that is at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/clean-up-the-winsxs-folder

[Michael Bernard]

Walter Roberson , thanks a lot for your help....I deleted all the files from the temp directory and completed the installation. But when I enter the "mex -setup" command to Build and Run the Generated Code, Matlab gives me an error message that says

"Error using mex:
No supported compiler or SDK was found. You can install the freely available MinGW-w64 C/C++ compiler; see Install MinGW-w64 Compiler. For more options,
see  http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2015b/win64.html."

I checked the AddOns and I see that SDK and verified that SDK and MinGW-w64 C/C++ compiler are installed. Please help.

[Walter Roberson]

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/311290-faq-how-do-i-install-the-mingw-compiler

[Michael Bernard]

Problem solved...Thank you very much

Answer 2

[chenxi zhao]

when I tried to install matlab r2016b in mac, I got the same error message---- archive is not a zip archive. How to solve this problem in mac? thx!

[Walter Roberson]

Is it possible that you are low on disk space?