Matlab on an Acer Chromebook?

I am a student at UT Austin and my Calculus class requires that I use Matlab for assignments. However, I cannot figure out how to download it onto a chromebook. In order for me download it for free through my school I have to download it from the installers, windows,linux or macOS. So what should I download that will let me download this on one of these installers?

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

Have you considered using MATLAB Online? That wouldn't require an installation and would probably offer more horsepower.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

Chromebook is Linux based.

MATLAB is not supported on Chromebook but it might happen to work. I would not expect it to work without installing some extra software packages and making some links for libraries: that is, it is probably more of a case that it could be forced to sort of work rather than a case of it working properly just by installing it.

Answer 3

[Willem]

Well, now there is official support for Linux on some chromebooks. How to install matlab on such a chromebook? It seems you need a *.deb file. I have a license, of course.

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-add-linux-to-your-chromebook/ gives some information on how to install Linux.

I imagine that after that you would need download the MATLAB installer for Linux. And you would probably need to install a bunch of support packages. Linux is a pretty fractured market right now and Mathworks has difficulty keeping up.