OSError: MATLAB Engine for Python supports Python version 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 but your version of Python is 3.7

We recently installed Python 3.7.2.

Matlab engine was working with the earlier 2.7, but now when we try installing the engine, getting the below error.

"OSError: MATLAB Engine for Python supports Python version 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 but your version of Python is 3.7"

Although, Matlab supported versions indicates that 3.7 is supported, the "setup.py" does not seem to have 3.7 in the supported versions.

Where can I download the latest setup.py.

Is modifying the setup.py to include 3.7 sufficient ?

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

Support for Python 3.7 was added in release R2019a. The Release field to the right of this question indicates you're using release R2018b, one release prior to that.

[Makis]

I have the same problem. I am using matlab 2019a. Can I install the matlab engine using python 3.8 ? Or I need to upadte matlab to 2020 version?

[Steven Lord]

According to this documentation the first release compatible with Python 3.8 was release R2020b.